Abstract
As a general rule, Portuguese substantive law is applied to overseas territories with such modifications (suggested by the peculiar economic and social conditions of each overseas province) as the Minister of Overseas Affairs may think fit to introduce. The great legal event of 1966 was the publication, on 1st June, of the new Portuguese Civil Code which replaced the Civil Code of 1867, a law of primary importance for the law of the whole national territory. The Code also regulates the following aspects of social assistance: Illness, maternity and labor accidents and professional diseases. The law of procedure is common to Portugal and her Overseas Provinces. Although the Constitution rejects the doctrine of separation of powers, it guarantees the independence of courts, giving them the status of Sovereign Organs on the same footing as the Head of State, the National Assembly and the Government.
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