Libyan law is a mixed system combining Islamic sharia, civil law and customary law, shaped historically by Ottoman, French, Italian and Egyptian influences. Under Ottoman rule civil law rested on the Majallat al-Ahkam al-Adliyah, and the adoption of Napoleonic Code principles influenced commercial practice, an influence later extended by Italian colonial administration from 1911 to 1943. During the federal monarchy of the 1950s, jurist Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri drafted a new Civil Code in 1954 based on French and Italian civil law that also recognized sharia and Arab custom as sources of law, while a dual court system applied Maliki school sharia to personal status matters. Contemporary Libyan law still combines sharia, chiefly of the Maliki school, civil codes shaped by European models and customary law, though the system retains significant authoritarian features, including provisions from the 1953 penal code and the death penalty, despite periodic reform efforts.
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Example Jurisdictions Primary Source of LawCivil law based on French and Italian codes, with sharia and Arab custom recognized as sources 2 Classification
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Source Wikidata: Salwa El-Deghali
Source Libya 2011 Constitutional Declaration, Constitute Project
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which itself was based on the French civil law, but also recognised sharia and Arab customs as a source of law.
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The law of Libya has historically been influenced by Ottoman, French, Italian, and Egyptian sources.
- In Group: Civil and Sharia Law Hybrid Systems, 1954 Civil Code section: French/Italian civil law base, recognised sharia as source
View the SourceWikidata: Salwa El-Deghali
Includes: Salwa El-Deghali, Salwa Fawzi El-Deghali (Arabic: سلوى فوزي الدغٌيلًي) is a Libyan academic and a member of the National Transitional Council representing women and in charge of legal affairs.View the Source Ali ibn Ziyad (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Ali ibn Ziyad, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Ali ibn Ziyad, Wikipedia lead sentence
was an 8th-century CE Libyan Muslim jurist from Tripoli
Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration (Wikipedia)
Includes: Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration, Wikipedia lead paragraphQuote, Includes: Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration, Wikipedia lead paragraph
due to the overthrow of the Gaddafi government in the Libyan Civil War. It was finalised on 3 August 2011 by t
Libya 2011 Constitutional Declaration, Constitute Project
Includes: Supreme Court of Libya, Article 1, Islamic Shari’a the main source of legislationQuote, Includes: Supreme Court of Libya, Article 1, Islamic Shari’a the main source of legislation
Islam shall be its religion and Islamic Shari’a shall be the main source of legislation.
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