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The Republic of
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
has had a considerable number of constitutional codes through its history.


Constitutions

During the pre-independence period the province of Honduras was governed under the 1808 Constitution of Bayonne. *
Constitution of 1812 The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy ( es, link=no, Constitución Política de la Monarquía Española), also known as the Constitution of Cádiz ( es, link=no, Constitución de Cádiz) and as ''La Pepa'', was the first Constituti ...
(Constitution of Cádiz), valid from 1812 to 1814 and from 1820 to 1823 * Bases of Federal Constitution of 1823, valid 1823 to 1824 * 1824 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Central America


Constitution as State of Honduras

* Constitution of the State of Honduras of 1825 * Constitution of the State of Honduras of 1831 * Constitution of the State of Honduras of 1839 * Constitution of Honduras of 1848


Constitutions as Republic of Honduras

* Constitution of Honduras of 1865 * Constitution of Honduras of 1873 * Constitution of Honduras of 1880 * Constitution of Honduras of 1894 * Constitution of Honduras of 1904 * Constitution of the Federal Republic of Centroamérica of 1921 * Constitution of Honduras of 1924 * Constitution of Honduras of 1936 * Constitution of Honduras of 1957 * Constitution of Honduras of 1965 * Constitution of Honduras of 1982


Codes

Honduran law belongs to the family of the Rights romanistas, derived from
Common law In law, common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions."The common law is not a brooding omnipresen ...
. Initially it was formed by norms of Indigenous law and of Castillan law. Its codification was initiated by the liberal governments from the decade of 1880.


Civil law

*
Siete Partidas The ''Siete Partidas'' (, "Seven-Part Code") or simply ''Partidas'', was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252–1284), with the intent of establishing a uniform body of normative rules for th ...
(Seven-part Code) of Don
Alfonso X Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, es, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germ ...
the Wise * Civil code of Honduras of 1880 * Civil code of Honduras of 1899 * Civil code of Honduras of 1906


Penal law

* Siete Partidas of
Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, es, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germ ...
* Penal code of Honduras of 1880 * Penal code of Honduras of 1899 * Penal code of Honduras of 1895 * Penal code of Honduras of 1906 * Penal code of Honduras of 1984


Civil procedural law

* Siete Partidas of Don Alfonso X the Wise * Code of Civil Procedures of Honduras of 1881 * Code of Procedures of Honduras of 1899 * Code of Procedures of Honduras of 1906 * Procedural code Civilian of Honduras of 2007


Penal procedural law

* Siete Partidas of Don Alfonso X the Wise * Code of Procedures of Honduras of 1899 * Code of Criminal Instruction of Honduras of 1904 * Penal Procedural code of Honduras of 1985 * Penal Procedural code of Honduras of 1999


Commercial law

* Ordenanzas Of Bilbao (1793) * Code of Trade of Honduras of 1880 * Code of Trade of Honduras of 1899 * Code of Trade of Honduras of 1940 * Code of Trade of Honduras of 1950


Labour law

* Code of the Work of Honduras of 1959


Specific laws

* Law of Organisation and Attributions of the Courts * Law of the Social Insurance of Honduras


See also

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Politics of Honduras Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a multi-party system presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic. The President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government. Execut ...
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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
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Elections in Honduras Honduras National Congress has 128 members (diputados); they serve four-year terms. Honduras elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Honduras is elected for a four-year term by ...
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Primary elections in Honduras Primary elections in Honduras represent the mechanism used in that country by each political party to choose their candidates for the general presidential elections. These are held on the third year of the current President's mandate, specifical ...
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General elections in Honduras A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...
– Presidential *
Politics of Honduras Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a multi-party system presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic. The President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government. Execut ...
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Government of Honduras Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a multi-party system presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Le ...
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Supreme Court of Honduras The Supreme Court of Honduras ( es, Corte Suprema de Justicia de Honduras; CSJ) is the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Honduras. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Honduras. Structure, power, and duties There are ...
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National Congress of Honduras The National Congress ( es, Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. Organization The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of the National Congress of Honduras is currentl ...
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Constitution of Honduras The Political Constitution of the Republic of Honduras () was approved on 11 January 1982, published on 20 January 1982, amended by the National Congress of Honduras 26 times from 1984 to 2005,Dates of ratification. and 10 interpretations by Co ...
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Public Prosecutor's Office (Honduras) Honduras Public Prosecutor's Office (''Ministerio Público de Honduras'') is a Public and constitutional organization. It was established on 6 January 1994 through Legislative Decree No. 228-93. It has its headquarters in city of Tegucigalpa, the ...
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Executive branch of the government of Honduras The Republic of Honduras is organized according to Title I: On the State of the Honduran Constitution of 1982. According to Title V: Branches of the Government, the three administrative branches are the legislative, executive and judicial. The ...
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President of Honduras The president of Honduras ( es, Presidente de Honduras) officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: ''Presidente de la República de Honduras''), is the head of state and head of government of Honduras, and the Comm ...
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References

*Schuster
Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of the Central American Republics
1937. *William Sylvane Stokes. Honduras: An Area Study in Government. Greenwood Press.1974
Google Books
*Henry V Besso (ed). A Guide to the Official Publications of the Other American Republics. No XIII: Honduras. Library of Congress. Washington.1947
Google Books
*Alvarez and Ramos. Guide to Legal Research in Honduras. NYU  Law. GlobalLex


Honduras
Guide to Law Online. Library of Congress.

in "Honduras". WorldLII.
Honduras: legislation: codes
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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...