Norway is based on a civil law system, with the Constitution at the top and national laws and regulations defining the system in detail. The interpretation of laws is based on both preparatory works and interpretations by the courts. The court system is based on three levels: the municipal...

The Republic of Serbia is a constitutional, multi-party parliamentary democracy. Although its constitutional development reflects a complex federal past - as a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, later as a part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and...

The Slovak Republic is one of the two successor states (the other is the Czech Republic) established after the political changes on 1 January 1993, based on Constitutional Act No. 542/1992 on the Dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Slovakia is a unitary state, divided into...

The Constitution of Ukraine defines Ukraine as a unitary democratic state with a division of powers into legislative, executive and judicial. The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) is the sole legislative body and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine represents the executive branch. The President of...