Thelaw of Croatia is part of thelegal system ofCroatia. It belongs to thecivil law legal system. It is grounded on the principles laid out in theConstitution of Croatia and safeguarded by theConstitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia.
Croatian Law system is largely influenced by German and Austrian law systems. It is significantly influenced by theCivil Code of the Austrian Empire (1811), known in Croatia asOpći građanski zakon (OGZ)(General Civil Law). It was in force from 1853[1] to 1946, with some provisions still applying in the modern day. TheIndependent State of Croatia, aNazi-controlledpuppet state was established in 1941 duringWorld War II, used the OGZ as a basis for the 1943Base of the Civil Code for the Independent State of Croatia(Osnova građanskoga zakona za Nezavisnu Državu Hrvatsku). After the War, Croatia become a member of theYugoslav Federation which enacted in 1946 theLaw on immediate voiding of regulations passed before April 6, 1941 and during the enemy occupation(Zakon o nevaženju pravnih propisa donesenih prije 6. travnja 1941. i za vrijeme neprijateljske okupacije). By this law OGZ was declared invalid as a whole, but implementation of some of its legal rules was approved.
During the post-war era, the Croatian legal system become influenced by elements of thesocialist law. Croatian civil law was pushed aside, and it took norms of public law and legal regulation of thesocial ownership. After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, the previous legal system was used as a base for writing new laws. TheCivil Obligations Act(Zakon o obveznim odnosima) was enacted in 2005.[2] Today, Croatia as aEuropean Union member state implements elements of theEU acquis into its legal system.
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