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Syria

Syria's legal system is identical to that of Egypt, where it is an amalgam of French civil code and Islamic Sharia.

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Syria-JUDICIAL-SYSTEM.html http://www.law.emory.edu/ifl/legal/syria.htm https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sms1981 (talk • contribs) 00:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic Law vs. Sharia?

Sorry for my ignorance, but is there a difference between Islamic Law and Sharia? The Wikipedia article for Islamic Law simply points to the Sharia page, so I imagine there isn't. If there isn't a difference this page should just have one term, either Sharia or Islamic Law, instead of arbitrarily using both. --Gabe 216.165.95.70 (talk) 21:26, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They are almost the same. The Arabic word for law is 'sharia'. When applied, we typically mean law as defined by the prophet as derived from his book (the Quran) and the additional sayings that were attributed to him (hadith). In certain countries, Islamic law is maintained and this is seen as 'on top of' mundane law. This means you first have to be a good muslim and then you also have to comply to the law of the land. The latter would in Arabic also be called sharia, but in English sentences you can be sure the word is always used in the context of islam. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lafeber (talk • contribs) 14:05, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Show up bikromshah 02:03, 26 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bikromshah (talk • contribs)

Should the states of the USA be listed separately?

Each of the states in the USA has their own legal system so it might make sense to list them separately. Scotland and England are listed separately but neither is a sovereign state. Count Truthstein (talk) 14:47, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It might be kind of pointless to list them all separately since they all come from a roughly common legal heritage (except Louisiana). Also, I think it's misleading to label the US as Common Law. It's been drifting towards Civil Law for a century or so and is certainly much closer to Civil Law than most of the other Common Law counties (UK, Canada, Australia, etc.). I would consider it a "mixed" jurisdiction, but I don't have any sources for that. Kaldari (talk) 00:17, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with both of your points, Kaldari. Although, again, I don't have any sources for that. Maybe there's something on United States Code? Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 05:54, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding sources for the US being considered different from Common law... While the source I'm referring to is mainly covering another topic you might find reading this document worth reading in this regard as it quotes sources commenting on just that issue: http://www.scandinavianlaw.se/pdf/50-1.pdf With regards Luredreier (talk) 17:44, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Map of Legal Systems Magnification

Is it really important to magnify Europe to this degree? It would make sense if it were less homogeneous, but there are not many legal systems in Europe, and the ones that are different are easily seen at normal magnification. Many small countries in places outside of Europe are smaller than Ireland, and are not magnified. The only place I can really see that needs to be magnified is isolated, and these can be shown with lines or arrows.

Jcbookman (talk) 23:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What are the bases of legal system?

I got confussion 154.74.127.67 (talk) 11:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Customary vs. Common Law

The map of legal systems talks about "customary" law, but this appears for all intents and purposes to be synonymous with common law (law defined by tradition/custom/precedent/common views)? How does it differ? 2A02:C7C:C47D:8700:8854:71A:DCF6:DE15 (talk) 22:21, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

indonesia?

where's indonesia? you forgot to mention indonesia in this article, okay? i think the legal system of indonesia is consisting of a mixture between civil law, sharia, and customary law, that's it. I hope anyone can edit this article and add indonesia following the respective application. the end. correct me if i am wrong. 2404:8000:1027:85F6:1193:21A2:D1B3:FBAD (talk) 11:02, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]