Portugal today is a place that thrives on tourism; it is known for its beaches, wines and corks, and Cristiano Ronaldo, but it all started somewhere. Portugal’s name comes from the Latin phrase “beautiful port”. Portugal history starts way back to the 15th and 16th century, being one of Europe’s oldest nations. Portugal was seen as a world power back during colonization times, having colonies in South America, Africa, and Asia. Portugal slowly began to lose that when the English, French, and Dutch began to move in and take over their colonies, causing a decrease and wealth. In 1822 they lost possession of their largest colony, which is present day Brazil this that caused Portugal to decrease in power and wealth very drastically. Its population
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Its main influence had been the French civil law until the 20th century where it has been greatly influenced by German civil law. The main Portuguese laws include the Constitution (1976, as amended), the Civil Code (1966, as amended), the Penal Code (1982, as amended), the Labor Code (2003, as amended) and the Commercial Societies Code (1986, as amended). The Commercial Code (1888, as amended) and the Administrative Code (1945, as amended) used to have an high importance in the past, but are now largely obsolete and replaced by new legislation. All laws are proposed either by the Assembly of the Republic or by the government, or by legislative assemblies of the regions. Bills wanting to become laws must go through the assembly first and then are presented to the president where he has the choice to pass or veto it just like here in the U.S. Portugal publishes its laws in what’s called the Diário da República and isn’t effective until published for the …show more content…
The National Republican Guard’s main focus is to provide highway patrol and help regulate things that go on in rural side of Portugal and small towns. The NRG consist of military personnel and sometimes participate in international operations. Their jobs also consist of things like customs enforcement, costal control, nature protection, search and rescue operations and state ceremonial guards of honor. It alone consists of over 26,000 personnel (Mario). The Public Service Police is Portugal’s National Police force and their job is too police urban areas. They are the uniformed police that everyone recognizes. The PSP is divided into different units like preventive police, special order, etc. The Judicial Police are the ones who do all the criminal investigation and collect evidence, known as plain clothes cops. They work to fight against organized crime, terrorism, corruption, and financial crimes. Portugal has about a little more than 58,000 police
Its main influence had been the French civil law until the 20th century where it has been greatly influenced by German civil law. The main Portuguese laws include the Constitution (1976, as amended), the Civil Code (1966, as amended), the Penal Code (1982, as amended), the Labor Code (2003, as amended) and the Commercial Societies Code (1986, as amended). The Commercial Code (1888, as amended) and the Administrative Code (1945, as amended) used to have an high importance in the past, but are now largely obsolete and replaced by new legislation. All laws are proposed either by the Assembly of the Republic or by the government, or by legislative assemblies of the regions. Bills wanting to become laws must go through the assembly first and then are presented to the president where he has the choice to pass or veto it just like here in the U.S. Portugal publishes its laws in what’s called the Diário da República and isn’t effective until published for the …show more content…
The National Republican Guard’s main focus is to provide highway patrol and help regulate things that go on in rural side of Portugal and small towns. The NRG consist of military personnel and sometimes participate in international operations. Their jobs also consist of things like customs enforcement, costal control, nature protection, search and rescue operations and state ceremonial guards of honor. It alone consists of over 26,000 personnel (Mario). The Public Service Police is Portugal’s National Police force and their job is too police urban areas. They are the uniformed police that everyone recognizes. The PSP is divided into different units like preventive police, special order, etc. The Judicial Police are the ones who do all the criminal investigation and collect evidence, known as plain clothes cops. They work to fight against organized crime, terrorism, corruption, and financial crimes. Portugal has about a little more than 58,000 police