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Saudi Supreme Court
Supreme Council of Magistracy of Saudi Arabia ( ar, المجلس الأعلى للقضاء) is a seven-eleven member council appointed by the King in the legal system of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It supervises the lower courts of Saudi Arabia – overseeing judges' performances and new judicial appointments – but also provides "legal opinions, advises the King, and reviews sentences involving death, stoning, or amputation". (according to a 2006 description of it from Washington Law University). The Minister of Justice serves as the chief of the Council. As of a decree made January 2013, the council will be headed by the justice minister and its members will include the chief justice of the Supreme Court, four Chiefs of the Court of Appeals, the deputy justice minister, chairman of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution. The term of office for the council members is four years, starting 15 January 2013. Members As of a decree of January 2013, its members w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal System Of Saudi Arabia
The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Qur'an and the Sunnah (the traditions) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The sources of Sharia also include Islamic scholarly consensus developed after Muhammad's death. Its interpretation by judges in Saudi Arabia is influenced by the medieval texts of the literalist Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence. Uniquely in the Muslim world, Sharia has been adopted by Saudi Arabia in an uncodified form. This, and the lack of judicial precedent, has resulted in considerable uncertainty in the scope and content of the country's laws. The government therefore announced its intention to codify Sharia in 2010, and, in 2018, a sourcebook of legal principles and precedents was published by the Saudi government. Sharia has also been supplemented by regulations issued by royal decree covering modern issues such as intellectual property and corporate law. Nevertheless, Sharia remains the primary source of law, es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off the east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam. Pre-Islamic Arabia, the territory that constitutes modern-day Saudi Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saleh Al-Luhaidan
Sheikh Saleh Muhammad Al-Luhaidan ( ar, صالح بن محمد اللحيدان; 1932 – 5 January 2022) was a Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars. He was also a teacher of Sharia sciences. Biography Al-Luhaidan was born in 1932 in Al Bukayriyah in the Al-Qassim Province, Hejaz and Nejd. He graduated from the College of Sharia in Riyadh in 1959 and obtained a master's thesis from the Higher Institute of the Judiciary in 1969. From 1992 on, he was considered the first influential person in the Supreme Judicial Council and his name was associated with the Saudi judiciary. He held the position of President of the Supreme Judicial Council until 2009. He also worked as a secretary and judicial lieutenant to Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh, the former Saudi Grand Mufti in Iftaa after his graduation until he was appointed in 1963 as an assistant to the president of the Grand Court in Riyadh, and then became president of the court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judiciary Of Saudi Arabia
The judiciary of Saudi Arabia is a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia that interprets and applies the laws of Saudi Arabia. The legal system is based on the Islamic code of Sharia, with its judges and lawyers forming part of the country's religious leadership or ulama. There are also non-Sharia government tribunals which handle disputes relating to specific royal decrees. Final appeal from both Sharia courts and government tribunals is to the King of Saudi Arabia and all courts and tribunals follow Sharia rules of evidence and procedure. Sharia courts The Sharia courts have general jurisdiction over most civil and criminal cases. At present, there are two types of courts of first instance: general courts and summary courts dealing with lesser cases. Cases are adjudicated by single judges, except criminal cases if the potential sentence is death, amputation or stoning when there is a panel of three judges. There are also two courts for the Shia minority in the Eastern Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
