Legal Systems
The Philippine legal system is an amalgamation of the world's major systems. These systems include the Roman Civil Law which was inherited from Spain; the Anglo-American Common Law which were derived from the laws of the United States; and Islamic Law otherwise known as the Shariah Law of the Muslim world.
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