Argentina
| Legal system family | Civil law |
| How the law works | The Spanish legal tradition had a great influence on the Civil Code of Argentina, basically a work of the Argentine jurist Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, who dedicated five years of his life to this task. The Civil Code came into effect on 1 January 1871. Beyond the influence of the Spanish legal tradition, the Argentine Civil Code was also inspired by the Draft of the Brazilian Civil Code, the Draft of the Spanish Civil Code of 1851, the Napoleonic Code, and the Chilean Civil Code. The sources of this Civil Code also include various theoretical legal works, mainly of the great French jurists of the 19th century. It was the first Civil Law to adopt, as its cornerstone consciously, the distinction between i. rights and obligations and ii. real property rights, thus distancing itself from the French model. The Argentine Civil Code was also in effect in Paraguay under a Paraguayan law of 1880 until the new Civil Code came into force in 1987. In Argentina, this 1871 Civil Code remained in force until August 2015, when it was replaced by the new Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación. During the second half of the 20th century, the German legal theory became increasingly influential in Argentina. |
| Form of government | federal republic |
| Constitution | Constitution of Argentina |
| Legislature | Argentine National Congress |
| Highest court | Supreme Court of Argentina |
| Head of state | Javier Milei |
| Head of government | Javier Milei |
| Age of majority | 18 |
| Minimum marriage age | 18 |
| Retirement age | – |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Capital | Buenos Aires |
| Continent | South America |
| Population | 47,327,407 |
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