French and English legal cultures meet - aspects of recent Mauritian legislation

The fascination of the Mauritian legal system lies in its mixed cultural heritage. A French colony till 1810 and a British possession till 1968, Mauritius has a pre-Napoleonic French Penal Code, the bulk of its civil law in the Code Napoleon, the basis of its commercial life in the Code de Commerce...

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Published in:The Comparative and international law journal of southern Africa 1976-11, Vol.9 (3), p.372-377
Main Author: Angelo, A.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contract law
English law
French law
labour law
Mauritania
Mauritanian law
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Summary:The fascination of the Mauritian legal system lies in its mixed cultural heritage. A French colony till 1810 and a British possession till 1968, Mauritius has a pre-Napoleonic French Penal Code, the bulk of its civil law in the Code Napoleon, the basis of its commercial life in the Code de Commerce of 1809, and a significant portion of its civil procedural rules stilI in the Code de Procedure Civil of 1808. Alongside this is a public law structure in the Common law mould, and company, banking, and other specific commercial law topics dealt with in statutes which follow the corresponding English laws.
ISSN:0010-4051
2522-3062
DOI:10.10520/AJA00104051_1049