“Legal system of Kuwait”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Kuwait follows the "civil law system" modeled after the French legal system,^[1]^[2]^[3] Kuwait's legal system is largely secular.^[4]^[5]^[5] Sharia law governs only family law for Muslim residents,^[6]^[7] non-Muslims in Kuwait have a secular family law. For the application of family law, there are three separate court sections: Sunni, Shia and non-Muslim.^[8]

The court system in Kuwait is secular.^[9]^[10] Unlike other Gulf states, Kuwait does not have Sharia courts.^[10] Sections of the civil court system administer family law.^[10] Kuwait has the most secular commercial law in the Persian Gulf region.^[11]

The state

Kuwait is a constitutional country with a parliamentary government. About 85% of Kuwait's population (2.8 million in 2013) are Muslims.^[12]

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.^[13]

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

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=6148|title=Kuwaiti Constitution|publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization|quote=The Kuwait Legal system is based on civil law jurisdiction; it is derived from Egyptian and French laws.}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://us.practicallaw.com/4-500-3987?source=relatedcontent#a674071|title=Doing business in Kuwait|publisher=Thomson Reuters}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.s-ge.com/sites/default/files/GB_1109_E_GesBestimmungen-Kuwait.pdf|title=Embassy of Switzerland|work=Switzerland Global Enterprise|accessdate=9 September 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070755/http://www.s-ge.com/sites/default/files/GB_1109_E_GesBestimmungen-Kuwait.pdf|archivedate=6 October 2014|df=}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010492950;view=1up;seq=106|title=Persian Gulf states: country studies|page=80|author=Richard F. Nyrop|quote=In addition, Kuwait has established a secular legal system, unique among the Gulf states.}}
5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqMAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|title=Constitutions of the World|author=Robert L. Maddex|page=153}}
6. ^¹{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6SzZK_xx4gC&pg=PA417&dq|title=Arab Society: Class, Gender, Power, and Development|year=1997|page=417}}
7. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2H-2EUJjOG0C&pg=PA110|title=The Law of the Near and Middle East: Readings, Cases, and Materials|page=110}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.law.emory.edu/ifl/legal/kuwait.htm |title=Kuwait, State of |publisher=Law.emory.edu}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/kuwait/resources/factsAndFigures/factskuwait.aspx|title=State of Kuwait|publisher=London School of Economics (LSE)|quote=The court system in Kuwait is secular and tries both civil and criminal cases.}}
10. ^¹²{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfN8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|title=The Development of Intellectual Property Regimes in the Arabian Gulf States|page=23}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIqIy0Hss5IC&pg=PA10|title=Islamic Commercial Law and Economic Development|page=10}}
12. ^{{cite web | title = Background Note: Kuwait | publisher = U.S. State Department | date = February 2009 | url = https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35876.htm | accessdate = 25 July 2009}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan023178.pdf?q=kuwait|title=State of Kuwait, Public Administration Profile|page=7|publisher=United Nations}}