Constitution of San Marino
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| Constitution of the Republic of San Marino | |
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| Created | 12 August 1600 |
| Location | San Marino |
| Purpose | Constitutional statutes |
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The Constitution of the Republic of San Marino (also called the Constitution of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino) is distributed over a number of legislative instruments of which the most significant are the Statutes of 1600 and the Declaration of Citizen Rights of 1974 as amended in 2002. The constitutional system has influences from the Corpus Juris Civilis and Roman customary law. It is the oldest surviving constitution of any sovereign state in the world, unless one counts the Magna Carta.[1]
The Statutes of 1600
The current legal system of the
The new system was an update on the Statuti Comunali (Town Statute) which had served San Marino from about 1300. Existing institutions, such as the Council of the Sixty, were carried forward from this period. The Statutes form the basis of all law in effect today, and so it may be the oldest constitution of any existing nation.
Book One
The first book contains 62 articles. It is constitutional in character and describes the various
Book Two
The second book, called Civilium Causarum, contains 75 articles. The first half provides for
Book Three
The third book, called Maleficiorum, contains 74 articles and covers
sources.Book Four
The fourth book, called De Appellationibus, contains 15 articles. The volume explains how
Book Five
The fifth book, called Extraordinarium, contains 46 articles covering a range of topics. These include the sale of meat, sanitation and health, water reserves and roads.
Book Six
The sixth book contains 42 articles and covers
Declaration of Citizen Rights
On 12 July 1974 the
Jorri Duursma describes the 1974 law as the fundamental law of the Republic.[2]
The Declaration was amended in 2002, providing further constitutional detail on the organisation of government and establishing the
See also
- History of San Marino
- Politics of San Marino
- List of national constitutions
- Guarantors’ Panel on the Constitutionality of Rules
References
- ISBN 978-0-313-39181-1. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-521-56360-4. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- Leges Statutae Republicae Sancti Marini in Italian, archived from the original 29 September 2007
- Per Conoscere San Marino, Dicastero P.I. e C., Scuola Media Statale, 1991
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