Online guide to Mauritanian law written by Zelezeck Nguimatsa Serge who is a bi-jural (Civil and Common Law) lawyer currently completing a research fellowship on Lusophone legal systems in Maputo, Mozambique. The guide was published in August 2009 (and updated Kevashinee Pillay in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides historical background and political information on the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. There is an introduction to the legal system which is a mix of the colonially inherited French Civil Law legal system and Sharia Law along with an outline of the sources of law including the Constitution, legislation and treaties. The guide looks at the court structure explaining the differences between the courts set up by the Constitution (the Constitutional Council, Cour des Comptes and the High Court of Justice ) and the ordinary courts of law (Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal and Courts of First Instance). Other sections provide information on the legal profession and legal education and on key human rights issues in Mauritania including slavery and gender discrimination. Links are given to full text copies of the Constitution and other laws and to a selection of Mauritanian legal websites.
Researching the legal system and laws of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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