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>The common law could learn a lot from Sharia law If you're curious to compare and live in the UK, just pop into your local Sharia court. Between 30-85 such co

>The common law could learn a lot from Sharia law If you're curious to compare and live in the UK, just pop into your local Sharia court. Between 30-85 such courts are estimated to exist in Britain. They generally call themselves "councils" rather than courts but sometimes the mask slips: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-sharia-law-in-england-and-wales-independent-review https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-sharia-l... >Common misconceptions around sharia councils often perpetuate owing to the use of incorrect terms such as referring to them as ‘courts’ rather than councils or to their members as ‘judges’. These terms are used both in media articles but also on occasion by the sharia councils themselves.

sandworm101 3y ago
Those aren't full courts. There are similar Jewish/rabbinical bodies in the US that also deal with family and religious issues. Sit in on a full sharia court and you will see procedures that techniques that answer questions that the common law has long struggled with. For example, not every witness in a sharia court must take an oath: "Article 107: A person requesting the oath of his adversary must precisely specify the events concerning which he wishes said adversary take an oath. The court shall prepare the formula of the oath as prescribed by the Shari'ah." https://www.saudiembassy.net/law-procedure-shariah-courts https://www.saudiembassy.net/law-procedure-shariah-courts