The Law of Portugal is the legal system that applies to Portugal. It is part of the family of the civil law legal systems, based on Roman law. As such, it has many common features with the legal systems found in most of the countries in Continental Europe.

The main Portuguese laws include the Constitution (1976, as amended), the Civil Code (1966, as amended), the Penal Code (1982, as amended), the Labour 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). The Administrative Code used to have a high importance in the past, but is now largely obsolete and partially replaced by new legislation.

The Main Laws of Portugal (* Templar Law areas of specialisation)

• * Criminal and criminal procedure - the Penal Code (1982), the Penal Procedure Code (1987), the Military Justice Code (2003) and the Sentence and Custodial Measures Execution Code (2009);
• * Civil and civil procedure - the Civil Code (1966), the Civil Procedure Code (2004) and the Civil Register Code (1995);
• Labour law - the Labour Code (2003) and the Labour Procedure Code (1999);
• Administrative law - the Administrative Procedure Code (1991), the Public Contracts Code (2008), the Administrative Courts Procedure Code (2002) and the Administrative Code (1945, still partially effective but now largely obsolete);
• * Commercial law - the Commercial Register Code (1986) and the Commercial Code (1888, still partially effective but now largely obsolete);
• Corporate law - the Commercial Societies Code (1986);
• Tax law - the Tax over Added Value Code (1984), the Tax over Single Persons Income Code (1988), the Tax over Collective Persons Income Code (1988) and the Tax Courts Procedure Code (1999);
• Entertainment law - the Advertisement Code (1990);
• Transport law - the Road Code (2005);
• Intellectual property law - the Industrial Property Code (1995) and the Copyright and Related Rights Code (1985).