Bolivia Legal System
Introduction
Bolivia presents a wide range of cultural, natural and ethnical diversity. Along these wonderful and positive factors, the country also presents severe levels of political, economic and social instability which makes it one of the poorest and most undeveloped countries in the world.
The conflictive contrasts between different social groups have made the Bolivian legal system change throughout time. The most recent and dramatic shift in the Bolivian legal system, was the adoption of a completely new constitution in the year 2009, during the government of Evo Morales Ayma (Nogales 2009). A clear fact that demonstrates shifts in the legal system is that this newly approved constitution is the seventeenth constitutional document …show more content…
European colonial expansion was the main determinant for the widespread of the Civil Law Tradition, as colonizing countries enforced their own legal tradition in their colonies.The origins of Bolivian law are based on the Napoleonic Code which was adopted by Spain and many other European countries. Although the Napoleonic Code is French, Robert Holtman states that the Napoleonic code is a document that has influenced the entire world such as it influenced Spain and Bolivia subsequently(...).The Napoleonic Code was inspired on Emperor Justinian's Masterpiece, Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman Law, although they present many important differences. By these facts, we can confirm that the Bolivian legal system is based on the Napoleonic Code and Roman Law and therefore belongs to the family of Civil Law legal tradition.The result of this influence was also a written codification of law in …show more content…
An essential factor in the history of the Bolivian Legal system is the election of Evo Morales Ayma as the new president of the country. Morales represents the political party Movimiento al Socialismo MAS, and is the first indigenous president in the history of Bolivia. Why is this election of such essential matter? It is important because in present days the Morales government leads a process of change seeking for state reform combing nationalism and indigenism in order to provide more political power to the indigenous social groups, which are by far a majority in Bolivia. (Mayorga, 2008). For such a change to take place, Morales introduced a Constitutional Assembly with the objective of changing the constitution with a new one. After several reunions and agreements a new constitution was adopted through referendum (Tapia,
Bolivia presents a wide range of cultural, natural and ethnical diversity. Along these wonderful and positive factors, the country also presents severe levels of political, economic and social instability which makes it one of the poorest and most undeveloped countries in the world.
The conflictive contrasts between different social groups have made the Bolivian legal system change throughout time. The most recent and dramatic shift in the Bolivian legal system, was the adoption of a completely new constitution in the year 2009, during the government of Evo Morales Ayma (Nogales 2009). A clear fact that demonstrates shifts in the legal system is that this newly approved constitution is the seventeenth constitutional document …show more content…
European colonial expansion was the main determinant for the widespread of the Civil Law Tradition, as colonizing countries enforced their own legal tradition in their colonies.The origins of Bolivian law are based on the Napoleonic Code which was adopted by Spain and many other European countries. Although the Napoleonic Code is French, Robert Holtman states that the Napoleonic code is a document that has influenced the entire world such as it influenced Spain and Bolivia subsequently(...).The Napoleonic Code was inspired on Emperor Justinian's Masterpiece, Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman Law, although they present many important differences. By these facts, we can confirm that the Bolivian legal system is based on the Napoleonic Code and Roman Law and therefore belongs to the family of Civil Law legal tradition.The result of this influence was also a written codification of law in …show more content…
An essential factor in the history of the Bolivian Legal system is the election of Evo Morales Ayma as the new president of the country. Morales represents the political party Movimiento al Socialismo MAS, and is the first indigenous president in the history of Bolivia. Why is this election of such essential matter? It is important because in present days the Morales government leads a process of change seeking for state reform combing nationalism and indigenism in order to provide more political power to the indigenous social groups, which are by far a majority in Bolivia. (Mayorga, 2008). For such a change to take place, Morales introduced a Constitutional Assembly with the objective of changing the constitution with a new one. After several reunions and agreements a new constitution was adopted through referendum (Tapia,