Guide to the law of the Democratic Republic of Congo, written by Dunia Zongwe who is a fellow of the Institute for African Development at Cornell University, Francois Butedi who is a Congolese legal advisor and human rights activist and Clement Phebe, an assistant lecturer at the University of Kinshasa. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it gives background information about the DRC and an outline of the legal system, with an overview of the Constitution, sources of administrative law, criminal law and procedure, the civil code and the courts system. There are details of legal education in the DRC and of printed and electronic sources of legal information. Links are given to websites providing access to Congolese legal resources.
Legal system and research of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): an overview
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