Recorded as research because the applicable law and the operating judiciary are genuinely fragmented. The West Bank retains Jordanian-era legislation, Gaza retains Egyptian-era legislation, Ottoman and British Mandate provisions survive in both, and Israeli military orders apply in parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian Legislative Council has not sat since 2007, so legislation has proceeded by presidential decree, and separate judicial administrations have operated in the West Bank and Gaza. Sharia courts handle Muslim personal status and church courts handle Christian personal status.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Court hierarchy under the Palestinian Basic Law
- Jurisdiction
- Civil, criminal and administrative jurisdiction as provided by the Basic Law and the Judicial Authority Law, exercised through a High Court, courts of appeal, courts of first instance and magistrate courts.
- Seat
- Ramallah and Gaza
- Established
- 1994
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