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(2017). </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘<b>The Main Characteristics of the Timorese Legal System – a Practical
Guide</b>’ in <i>VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in
Übersee</i>, 50(2), pp. 175-187 DOI:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2017-2-175" title="https://doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2017-2-175"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none">10.5771/0506-7286-2017-2-175</span></a><span></span></span></p>

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independence of Timor-Leste in 2002 resulted in the creation of a new legal
system, which had to navigate a difficult transition from the legal systems
inherited from the former Portuguese, Indonesian and United Nations
administrations to a new system for the independent nation. So far, little has
been published about Timor-Leste’s legal system. This paper intends to provide
a concise and practical guide to the Timorese legal system for legal and
non-legal practitioners and academics interested in Timorese law. It gives a
brief overview of the Timorese formal justice system and points out the gaps
and omissions that complicate the daily work of legal professionals in
Timor-Leste and which leads to a low degree of legal certainty.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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