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Costa Rica: International Team Project

A research guide to assist the students enrolled in ITP Costa Rica.

Overview

Costa Rica has a civil law system based on Spanish civil code. There is judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court

Constitution

Legislation

Case Law

The Costa Rican judiciary is made up of trial courts, appellate courts, and a Supreme Court in four chambers divided by the topic of their jurisdiction.  Chamber IV is a Constitutional Court.   

Subject Collections of Legal Materials

Subject law collections provide access cases and legislation from Australia and other countries pertaining to a specific subject area. Using a subject law collection is particularly helpful when you are comparing the laws of more than one country. 

For more suggestions on subject-specific collections of laws, please see GlobaLex's Foreign Law - Subject Law Collections on the Web research guide