The Law of Serbia is the system of legal rules in force in Serbia, and in the international community it is a member of. Serbian legal system belongs mainly to the Germanic branch of continental legal culture (civil law). Major areas of public and private law are divided into branches, among them civil, criminal, administrative, family and labour law.

Written law is the basis of the legal order, and the most important source of law are: Constitution of Serbia, legal regulations (acts of parliament), international treaties (once they have been ratified by the parliament and promulgated), and such findings of the Constitutional Court, in which a law or its part has been nullified as unconstitutional.[1]

Sources of law

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Sources of Serbian law are (in this hierarchical order):

  • the Constitution (Serbian: Устав, romanizedUstav) and constitutional acts (Serbian: уставни закон, romanizedustavni zakon)
  • international treaties ratified by the National Assembly (Serbian: ратификовани међународни уговори, romanizedratifikovani međunarodni ugovori)
  • laws adopted by the National Assembly (Serbian: закони, romanizedzakoni)
  • published decisions of the Constitutional Court (Serbian: одлуке Уставног суда, romanizedodluke Ustavnog suda)
  • derived legislation: government decrees (Serbian: уредбе Владе, romanizeduredbe Vlade) and decisions of ministries (Serbian: одлуке миннистарстава, romanizedodluke ministarstava); legislative acts of territorial self-government bodies: provincial decrees (Serbian: покрајинске уредбе, romanizedpokrajinske uredbe) and city/municipal ordinances (Serbian: градске/општинске уредбе, romanizedgradske/opštinske uredbe)

Acts of parliament and other legal regulations enter into force on the day they are promulgated (published) in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia" (Serbian: Службени гласник Републике Србије, romanizedSlužbeni glasnik Republike Srbije), although they may take effect at a later date. International treaties are similarly published in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia".[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Social Security Law in Serbia, Senad Jasarevic, Senad Ja Arevi, Kluwer Law International, 01.05.2012.
  2. ^ О нама (in Serbian). Службени гласник. Retrieved 20 October 2015.