Religious law is a family of legal systems in which law derives its authority from a sacred text or a divinely inspired tradition, interpreted by religious scholars or clergy, rather than from a secular legislature or accumulated judicial precedent alone. Its major members include Halakha in Judaism, Sharia in Islam, canon law in Christianity, and classical Hindu law, each with its own sources, interpretive schools and historical development. This atlas treats religious law only as a system family: the doctrinal detail of each religious legal tradition, its sacred sources, schools of jurisprudence and lived practice, is the Divinity Atlas's own subject, and is not duplicated here.
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Example JurisdictionsPersonal status law in Israel (Halakha); Saudi Arabia and Iran (Sharia as the basis of state law); the Vatican and canon law tribunals; personal law for Hindus and Muslims within India's own legal system. 2 Primary Source of LawReligious scripture and the authoritative interpretation of religious scholars or clergy, applied either as the whole of state law or, more commonly today, within a defined domain such as family and personal status law. 3 Classification
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Source AAOIFI, Official Website
Canon law is one of the named member systems of the Religious Law family per its own entity-description.
Source JuriGlobe: Classification of Legal Systems (University of Ottawa)
Halakha is one of the named member systems of the Religious Law family per its own entity-description; JuriGlobe classification of legal families places Jewish law among the world religious legal systems.
Source JuriGlobe: Classification of Legal Systems (University of Ottawa)
Legal-system family: Religious Law Systems, following the CIA World Factbook and JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification.
Legal-system family: Religious Law Systems, following the CIA World Factbook and JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification.
Legal-system family: Religious Law Systems, following the CIA World Factbook and JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification.
Sharia is one of the named member systems of the Religious Law family per its own entity-description; JuriGlobe classifies Muslim law as its own legal family within the broader religious-law grouping.
Source JuriGlobe: Classification of Legal Systems (University of Ottawa)
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Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
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1. Religious law (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section
Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions.
In Group: Canon Law and Other Religious Legal Orders, Introduction, sentence 1
Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions.
View the Source 2. Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985
3. An Introduction to Comparative Law
Konrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz; English translation by Tony Weir, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998
JuriGlobe: Classification of Legal Systems (University of Ottawa)
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law- Includes: Sharia
- Includes: Halakha
- Includes: Canon Law
View the Source AAOIFI, Official Website
Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)Includes: AAOIFI Shariah StandardsView the Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
Legal Family Of: Law of Iran, Section: Religious lawQuote, Legal Family Of: Law of Iran, Section: Religious law
Iran
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