6. Funan
(1st to 6th century)
Funan was strongly influenced by India in term of:
Religion
Politics
Economic system
Laws
Law was mainly based on religion and norm.
7. Judicial system:
o Civil servants accepted the lawsuit from citizens
o King acted as a judge
o Prison did not exist.
o There were two types of punishment.
Less serious
Serious
The practice of Devaraja
8. Chenla
(6th to 9th century)
Political system remained the same since Funan era.
King held absolute power.
Civil servants had the authority to monitor and punished
those who were against the state.
Devaraja was still practiced.
9. Angkor
(9th to 15th century)
India was still strongly influential in Angkor era.
Manu law: dealt with the relation between individual and
individual and was used to solve conflict between them.
Royal command: King had to consult with the Brahmans in
decision making process.
10. Legislation power was on the king.
HOWEVER, he could not make law that contradict with
norm and tradition of the society.
Judiciary branch was under control of the king.
o Two kind of punishment (serious and less serious)
11. Post-Angkor
Colonial period
Kingdom of Cambodia &
Khmer Republic
B. Modern period
Democratic of Kampuchea
People’s Republic of
Kampuchea
Kingdom of Cambodia
12. Post-Angkor
(15th century to 1863)
Cambodian laws existed even before the arrival of French
colony, BUT they were different from laws in modern time.
Stone inscriptions showed that people, at that time, must obey
all the rules and policies; otherwise, they would be punished.
13. Cambodian law system has changed very much after the
Angkor period.
Cambodian laws had first been made in 1620 by king Chey
Jadtha (1618-1624).
This plan was canceled because of Siam invasion, but a year
later after the King’s death, 24 laws were adopted.
14. Since 1853, King Ang Doung decided to review all the laws
until his death in 1860.
Those laws were mainly made based on Buddhism, and
the punishments seemed to be less serious.
When the process had been finished, those laws
were disseminated to the public by the French
colony.
15. Colonial period (1863-1953)
Among 52 laws, 39 were spread out by France in King
Norodom’s time in 1881.
Many premises showed that those laws were not involved
with ordinary people but for elite group.
Those laws were more like the collection of king’s decisions
that were prepared and corrected by King, royal official…etc.
16. Since 1911, France begun to introduce modern laws into
Kingdom of Cambodia.
The First two laws coming into force in 1912 were:
o Criminal code
o Code of criminal procedure & court organization,
This marked the adoption of C i v i l L a w s y s t e m in
Cambodia.
17. In 1920, new law was adopted regarding civil matters.
It contained 1365 articles.
18. Kingdom of Cambodia and Khmer republic
(1954 -1975)
Further development of Cambodia law was active after the
independence.
From 1947 to 1956, several laws were adopted.
Civil law
Business law
Criminal law
19. The discussion of law among law people were published on the
news for ordinary people to catch up.
Numbers of thesis was written and defended by Cambodia
lawyers, and to fulfill in researching of law, many expert
magazines of law were published.
Khmer republic regime and civil war in Cambodia were the
period that ended the Cambodian law development.
20. Democratic of Kampuchea
(1975-1979)
Laws and various institutions in the previous time were
abolished.
The new constitution was promulgated in 1976.
Legislation branch: The people’s representatives assembly
Executive branch: Government hold absolute power
21. Judicial branch: The people’s count
Two kinds of punishment:
1. Serious punishment for any acts against and threaten the state and
Cambodian citizens
2. Less serious punishment for other acts
In reality, people had no power, only the state.
22. People’s Republic of Kampuchea
(1979-1989)
The new constitution was based on socialism.
The national assembly:
Amend the constitution
Oversee the government
People supreme court is the highest court.
23. Some of private laws were eliminated.
Ex: law on private ownership for commercial activities
Laws were used as a mean toward socialist state.
Why did Cambodia favor socialist?
Vietnam influence
Development purpose
24. Kingdom of Cambodia
(1993-present)
The constitution of kingdom of Cambodia was promulgated in 1993.
It has been amended for 6 times.
Some laws made in previous time were still in effect.
UNTAC laws
PRK laws/SOC Laws
25. There are three levels of court:
Supreme court
Appeal court
First instance
court
26. Many new laws appear:
Corruption law
NGO law (not yet adopted)
Monogamy law …etc.
28. Constitutional council of Cambodia. (n.d.). Retrieved on February 20, 2013,
from http://www.ccc.gov.kh/english/history.php
Historical development of Cambodia. (n.d.). Retrieved on February 20, 2013,
from http://leapheanghour.wordpress.com/history-of-cambodian-
constitution/
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