Macau law is broadly based on Portuguese law, and therefore part of the civil law tradition of continental European legal systems. Portuguese law is itself...

Gambling in Macau has been legal since the 1850s when the Portuguese government legalised the activity in the autonomous colony. Since then, Macau has become...

of Macau (UM or UMAC) is a public research university of Macau. The university campus is located in Hengqin Island, Zhuhai, Guangdong, on a piece of land...

national legal systems are generally based on one of four basic systems: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these. However...

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Demographic features of the population of Macau include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious...

handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese...

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With a population of about 710,000 people and a land area of 32.9 km2...

District of Lisbon in Portugal. Under the Basic Law of Macau, which is the constitutional document of the region, Macau remains the previous legal jurisdiction...

special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Deng Xiaoping developed the one country, two systems concept. This constitutional principle was formulated...

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Civil law is a legal system originating in Italy and France that has been adopted in large parts of the world. Modern civil law stems mainly from the Napoleonic...

Macau have separate law enforcement agencies, different legal systems and are classified as separate jurisdictions under the one country two systems framework...

Macau was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It...

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19th century. Under the principle of independence of legal system in Macau Basic Law, Macau continues its repudiation of capital punishment after the handover...

to Macau’s legal system that members of the judiciary are independent of the executive and legislative branches of the government. The courts of law...

The economy of Macau is a highly developed market economy. Macau's economy has remained one of the most open in the world since its handover to China in...

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Politics of Macau is a framework of a politically constrained multi-party presidential system, dominated by the People's Republic of China. It includes...

head of government of Macau, a special administrative region of China. The position replaced the office of Governor of Macau, the former head of Macau as...

Prostitution is legal in Macau unlike in mainland China, because the city is a special administrative region of the country. However, operating a brothel...

with the separate legal traditions and systems of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. China's legal system is largely a civil law system, although found...

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Penal Code of Portugal applied to Macau. Like Hong Kong, criminal law in Macau is different from what is applied in China. Legal system of Macau Crimes Ordinance...

transfers of sovereignty, Hong Kong and Macau continue to practice English common law and Portuguese legal systems respectively, with their own courts of final...

the currency of Macau. It is subdivided into 100 avos (仙; sin), with 10 avos called ho (毫) in Cantonese. Macau has a currency board system under which...

Macau elects at the regional level its head of government and legislature. The Legislative Assembly is made up of 33 members, of whom 14 are elected by...

city. In fact, Macau is the only location in China where gambling is legal, and as such, gambling tourism is the city’s greatest source of revenue, and...

(2009). One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders – Perspectives of Evolution: Essays on Macau's Autonomy After the Resumption of Sovereignty by China...