Legal System in Kuwait

The State of Kuwait follows the civil law system with Islamic law significant in personal matters and has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.

The legal system of Kuwait is a concoction of British common law, French civil law, Islamic Sharia law, and Egyptian law. Kuwaiti Constitution of 1962 provides for an independent judiciary, and Law No. 19 of 1959 (amended in Law No. 19 of 1990) regulates the organization and functioning of the judiciary. The legal system comprises of the Civil Code, the Commercial Code, the Penal Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, contained in Law No. 17 of 1960. However, Article 2 of the Constitution provides that Islamic Sharia forms a major source of legislation but it does not prescribe stringent adherence to the principles of Sharia.

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