Legal system of Kuwait explained

Kuwait follows the "civil law system" modeled after the French legal system,[1] [2] [3] Kuwait's legal system is largely secular.[4] [5] [6] Sharia law governs only family law for Muslim residents,[7] [8] while non-Muslims in Kuwait have a secular family law. For the application of family law, there are three separate court sections: Sunni (Maliki), Shia, and non-Muslim. According to the United Nations, Kuwait's legal system is a mix of English common law, French civil law, Egyptian civil law and Islamic law.[9]

The court system in Kuwait is secular.[10] [11] Unlike other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait does not have Sharia courts. Sections of the civil court system administer family law. Kuwait has the most secular commercial law in the Gulf.[12]

The state

Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. About 85% of Kuwait's population (2.8 million in 2013) are Muslims.[13]

According to the United Nations, Kuwait's legal system is a mix of British common law, French civil law, Egyptian civil law and Islamic law.[9]

Constitution and judges

Roughly half of Kuwait's judges are non-citizens—mainly Egyptians. The non-citizen judges are on one-year to three-year contracts. The Constitution of Kuwait makes Islam the state religion. The 1961 Press and Publications Law prohibits the publication of any material that incites persons to commit crimes, creates hatred, or spreads dissension.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kuwaiti Constitution . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812073056/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=6148 . 2014-08-12 . The Kuwait Legal system is based on civil law jurisdiction; it is derived from Egyptian and French laws..
  2. Web site: Doing business in Kuwait . Practical Law . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080006/http://us.practicallaw.com/4-500-3987?source=relatedcontent#a674071 . 12 March 2016. 2016-03-04 .
  3. Web site: Doing Business in Kuwait: A tax and legal guide . https://web.archive.org/web/20170714115827/http://www.pwc.com/m1/en/tax/documents/doing-business-guides/doing-business-guide-kuwait.pdf. 14 July 2017.
  4. Book: Eglin, Darrel R . James D . Rudolph . http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010492950;view=1up;seq=106 . Nyrop . Richard F. . Kuwait . Persian Gulf states: Country Studies . 1985 . 80 . U.S. Government Printing Office . Hathai Trust.
  5. Web site: 4 . The Legal System of Kuwait: An Evaluation Of Its Applicability . academia.edu . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806175845/http://www.academia.edu/27337551/THE_LEGAL_SYSTEM_OF_KUWAIT_AN_EVALUTION_OF_ITS_APPLICABILITY . 6 August 2017 . Induragi . Douglas .
  6. Book: Maddex, Robert L. . [{{google books|WqMAAwAAQBAJ|page=153|plainurl=yes}} Constitutions of the World ]. Routledge . Abingdon, UK . 153 . 978-1-136-21789-0. 5 March 2014 .
  7. Book: Nicholas S. . Hopkins . Saad Eddin . Ibrahim . [{{google books|g6SzZK_xx4gC|page=417|plainurl=yes}} Arab Society: Class, Gender, Power, and Development ]. American University of Cairo . Cairo, Egypt . 1997 . 3rd. . 417 . 9789774244049.
  8. Book: Liebesny, Herbert J. . [{{google books|2H-2EUJjOG0C|page=110|plainurl=yes}} The Law of the Near and Middle East: Readings, Cases, and Materials ]. State University of New York Press . Albany, New York . 1974 . 110 . 978-0-87395-256-9.
  9. Web site: State of Kuwait, Public Administration Country Profile . PDF . September 2004 . 7 . United Nations. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810171642/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan023178.pdf?q=kuwait . 2014-08-10 .
  10. Web site: State of Kuwait . . 21 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141101085334/http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/kuwait/resources/factsAndFigures/factskuwait.aspx . 2014-11-01 . The court system in Kuwait is secular and tries both civil and criminal cases..
  11. Book: Price, David . [{{google books|cfN8AgAAQBAJ|page=23|plainurl=yes}} The Development of Intellectual Property Regimes in the Arabian Gulf States: Infidels at the Gates ]. Routledge-Cavendish . Abingdon, UK . 2009 . 23 . 978-1-134-02496-4.
  12. Book: Hafeez, Zeeshan Javed . [{{google books|BIqIy0Hss5IC|page=10|plainurl=yes}} Islamic Commercial Law and Economic Development ]. Heliographica . San Fabcisco, California . 10 . 978-1-933037-09-7.
  13. Web site: Background Note: Kuwait . U.S. State Department . February 2009 . 25 July 2009.

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