Law of Luxembourg

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The law of Luxembourg is civil law. From the Tenth Century to the Fifteenth Century the law of the Grand Duchy was customary law.^[1]

Constitution

There were constitutions of 1841, 1848, 1856 and 1868. The constitution was revised in 1919, 1948 and 1987.^[2]

Legislation

The legislature is the Chamber of Deputies.

Legislation includes règlements grand-ducaux.^[3]

List of legislation

List of codes:^[4]

Code of Criminal Procedure (French: Code de procédure pénale)
Commercial Code (French: Code de commerce)^[5]
Labour Code
Penal Code

Other legislation:

Courts and judiciary

There is a Constitutional Court.^[6]^[7]

Legal practitioners

Practitioners include avocats.^[8] There is professional secrecy.^[9]

Criminal law

There is a Penal Code of 1879^[10] and a Code of Criminal Procedure^[11]^[12] (French: Code de procédure pénale;^[13] formerly called Code d'instruction criminelle).^[14]

Company and partnership law

A special limited partnership is possible.

Labour law

There is a Labour Code.^[15]^[16]

References

Verbeke, Christian F. In Winterton and Moys (eds). Information Sources in Law. Second Edition. Bowker-Saur. 1997. Chapter Seventeen: Luxembourg. Pages 293 to 305.
Paul Graulich (ed). Guide to Foreign Legal Materials: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands. Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University in the city of New York. 1968. Google
Catherine Bourin, Christian Deprez and Dean Spielmann. Bibliographie juridique luxembourgeoise 1997-2013. Bruylant. 2015.
Roger Maul. Bibliographie du droit luxembourgeois. Larcier. Brussels. 1967. Google
Nicolas Majerus. Histoire du droit dans le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. 1949. WorldCat
Gontier-Grigy. Les vingt-cinq codes de la législation luxembourgeoise. 1884. Google
D A Gontier. Codes de la législation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. 1843. Google
Nicole Van Crombrugghe, Guy Arendt and Alexis Maitland Hudson. Belgium and Luxembourg: Practical Commercial Law. (European Commercial Law Series) Longman. 1992. Google
Luxembourg Commercial Law. Rector Press. 1994.
Kremer and Lebbe. Collective Investment Schemes in Luxembourg: Law and Practice. OUP. 1st Ed. 2009. 2nd Ed. 2014.
Judge Advocate Division, Headquarters, USAREUR. Luxembourg Law and the NATO Status of Forces Agreement. Office of the Judge Advocate, Headquarters, US Army, Europe. 12 July 1955.
E P Youngman. Mining Laws of Luxembourg. (Information Circular 6702) Department of Commerce, United States Bureau of Mines. April 1933. Google
Stephanie Law and Vincent Richard. "Public and Private Enforcement of Consumer Law in Luxembourg". Public and Private Enforcement of Consumer Law – Insights for Luxembourg. Nomos. 2021. Google. Pages 345 to 383.
Chaouche. Legitimate expectations in Luxembourg Tax Law. Editions Larcier. 2019.
Banque Commerciale, Luxemburg. Holding companies Under Luxembourg law. Google National Union Catalog
Alex Schmitt, "Luxembourg: Clarification of bank secrecy in tax law" (1970) Journal of International Law
Jacques Kauffman. Professional secrecy of bankers in Luxembourg law. 1991.
André Marc. Employment Law in Luxembourg. Allen & Overy. 2007. 4th Ed. 2019.
J M Didier. The Law and Practice relating to Pollution Control in Belgium and Luxembourg. Graham & Trotman. 1st Ed. 1976.
L P Suetens & Dirk Soetemans. The Law and Practice relating to Pollution Control in Belgium and Luxembourg. Graham & Trotman. 2nd Ed. 1983.

[1]
Information Sources in Law. 2nd Ed.
[2]
Information Sources in Law. 2nd Ed.
[3]
Volker Heydt. "Legislation in Luxembourg". Karpen and Xanthaki (eds). Legislation in Europe. Hart Publishing. 2020. Chapter 19. pp 313 to 324. At p 315.
[4]
For a list of codes, see for example Gontier-Grigy, 1884, p vi.
[5]
International Bank and Other Guarantees Handbook: Europe, 2016, PT588
[6]
Patrick Kinsch. "Luxembourg". Shelton (ed). International Law and Domestic Legal Systems. OUP. 2011. p 385 at p 404.
[7]
Comella. Constitutional Courts and Democratic Values. Yale University Press. 2009. p 168.
[8]
Bruno Nascimbene and Elisabetta Bergamini. "Luxembourg". The Legal Profession in the European Union. Kluwer Law International. 2009. Chapter 3. Section 18. pp 154 to 158 at p 154.
[9]
Marc Thewes. "Luxembourg". The Bar of Brussels (compiler). Professional Secrecy of Lawyers in Europe. Cambridge University Press. 2013. Chapter 21. pp 332 to 343.
[10]
Kalmthout, Knapen, and Morgenstern. Pre-trial Detention in the European Union. 2009. p 641.
[11]
Silvia Allegrezza. The Enforcement Dimension of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. CEDAM. 2020. p 477.
[12]
Petschko, Schiltz and Tosza. "Luxembourg". Ligeti (ed). Toward a Prosecutor for the European Union. 2013. vol 1. Chapter 12. pp 449 to 472.
[13]
The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process, 2019, p 155
[14]
Allegrezza, 2020, p 474.
[15]
Anne Morel. "Luxembourg". Field and Moorhouse (eds). Employment Law in Europe. 3rd Ed. Eversheds. Bloomsbury Professional. 2013. Chapter 18. pp 771 to 812. At p 771.
[16]
Guy Castegnaro and Ariane Claverie. "Luxembourg". Kempen, Patmore, Ryley and Steinau-Steinruck (eds). Redundancy Law in Europe. 2008. pp 143 to 150. At p 143.

Law of Luxembourg

Constitution

Legislation

List of legislation

Courts and judiciary

Legal practitioners

Criminal law

Company and partnership law

Labour law

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References

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