Gewohnheitsrecht = Gesetz, das seinen Ursprung in England hat und hauptsächlich durch gerichtliche Präzedenzfälle und nicht durch kodifizierte Gesetze entwickelt wird
Zivilrecht = Recht, das größtenteils auf kodifizierten Gesetzen basiert, wobei die Richter das Recht anwenden, anstatt es zu schaffen
Gewohnheitsrecht = Gesetz, das in gesellschaftlicher Tradition und Konvention verwurzelt ist
Muslimisches Recht = Gesetz, das aus dem Koran abgeleitet ist
Wussten Sie, dass Louisiana und Schottland auf dem Gewohnheitsrecht basieren, in ihren Rechtssystemen jedoch Elemente des Zivilrechts integriert sind?
Von AgonizingFatigue
17 Kommentare
Common law squad wya? Civil law is cool too but all those codes… idk how y’all keep up lol.
Thank God for the Romans and Napoleon.
In what way is most of the Muslim world “[something] + Muslim” but Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan are the only true “Muslim law” country on earth?
Bit fucky. Saudi and Afghanistan are the defaults? They definitely have their share of “customary” law influence.
I don’t understand why China, Mongolia, the Koreas and Japan are listed as „civil+customary“, what „customary law“ is applicable there, to a degree greater than other civil jurisdictions? Also, the law in China and N. Korea obviously differs significantly from neighbouring states due to Soviet influence, but this isn’t apparent in the map.
I still don’t know why this map ignores Cannon Law.
It lists Lebanon as Civil Law +Sharia, but Sharia only applies to family law matters for Muslim citizens, and in no other area whatsoever. Cannon laws (of the relevant denomination) apply to Christian citizens‘ family law matters. Therefore the correct legend for Lebanon should be Civil + Sharia + Cannon Law.
Syria used a similar system under Assad, I’m not sure if that’s still the case (I suspect Sharia has now extended beyond just family law).
I believe Jordan and Palestine also have similar systems, although the Sharia influence might extend beyond family law into criminal law and contract interpretation, etc…
India will switch to Common + Customary once the Uniform Civil Code becomes the law.
Claiming that Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia are “Pure Muslim” law is ridiculous. They’re both different schools of fundamentalist that emerged in the 1800s. Insinuating that they are true Islam ignores a thousand years of Muslim history and scholarship.
Someone was asking about Québec but their comment just vanished for some reason: Québec has common law for public matters (criminal law) and civil law for private matters.
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Lebanon is wrong
we have both muslim and civil laws
Is this why people in America gets years in prison over a minor offense, like a parking ticket simply for offending a judge by wearing a T-shirt instead of a suit?
Common law not so common
What’s the functional difference between common law and customary law? Common law is essentially just judicial tradition. Sometimes judges just straight up decide cases and based on social mores.
Egypt doesn’t have Islam law. This map is inaccurate
How is Nepal common + customary? It has a pretty detailed codified constitution and legal system?
And whatever law still governs stuff that came from social tradition and convention, they are still codified as legal acts and constitutional statutes. How is that different from other civil/common legal systems?
As a French, who always lived in Civil Law, who studied Law at university, I can’t even really comprehend the Common Law. It just looks too… impredictible to me?
Only Andorra has customary laws anywhere in the world?