| Date - Field | Somalia - Legal system |
2010 January
Legal system | no national system; a mixture of English common law, Italian law, Islamic Sharia, and Somali customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
2009 January
Legal system | no national system; a mixture of English common law, Italian law, Islamic Sharia, and Somali customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
2008 January
Legal system | no national system; a mixture of English common law, Italian law, Islamic Shari'a, and Somali customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
2007 January
Legal system | no national system; Shari'a (Islamic) and secular courts based on Somali customary law (xeer) are present in some localities; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
2006 January
Legal system | no national system; Shari'a and secular courts are in some localities |
2005 January
Legal system | no national system; Shari'a and secular courts are in some localities |
2004 January
Legal system | no national system; Shari'a and secular courts are in some localities |
2003 January
Legal system | no national system; Shari'a and secular courts are in some localities |
2002 January
Legal system | no national system; Shari'a and secular courts are in some localities |
2001 January
Legal system | NA |
2000 January
Legal system | NA |
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