Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
contracts, divorce and divorce ((of wife) for consideration
payable by the wife). The juvenile courts hear and try cases
of minors attaining seven years old not reaching eighteen in
matters relating to misdemeanors, imprisonment and Hudud
not involving damage. The juvenile care centers courts
determine cases involving girls not attaining thirty years old.
Then came the latest amendment under the new Judiciary
Law dated 19/09/1428H (corresponding to 01/10/2007)
restructuring anew the courts by creating the Supreme Court,
courts of appeal, and new specialized courts.
The Doctrinal Hierarchy of the Judiciary:
Article nine of the Temporary Reformist Articles for Sharia
Courts issued on 05/09/1344H (corresponding to 19/03/1926)
provided that ‘reliable books of the Four Schools shall be
consulted in reviewing and adjudicating presented issues
and cases’; thus this article of the Law decides the reference
to guide judges in contemplating rulings - the Four Schools
of Jurisprudence. By this, the state widened the scope of
discretion to judges to benefit from the treasury of Islamic
jurisprudence extending from the second century of Hijra
(corresponding to 8th Century) until the fourteenth century of
the Migration of the Prophet Mohammed (fourteenth century
of Hijra) (corresponding to the twentieth century). The Saudi
authorities prima facie did not interfere with the judiciary in
Hejaz, Al Hasa, Al Qatif and Aseer which were governed,
before the unification of the Kingdom, under Hanafi School
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