Portugal Legal System

Portugal used to be a country which was governed by Monarchs until 1920. The country went through several years of instability until it settled into a dictatorship in 1926. The country's resources began to drain and weakened the economy because of costly colonial wars under the dictatorship's rule. However due to a military coup d'etat in 1974 the dictatorship ended. After that, it had a series of interim military governments before finally settling into a parliamentary democracy in 1976, which is made up a republic with a president and a single chamber legislature.

The legal system of Portugal is very similar to the United States in several ways, which is one of the reasons that make it an attractive location for foreign direct investment. The Portuguese legal system includes a constitution that guarantees all the citizens of Portugal the basic rights which include freedom of religion, freedom of speech