Algeria

• The Constitution, the highest law
• Codes and statutes in the French style, such as the Civil Code of 1975
• Islamic law, which shapes the Family Code of 1984
• Decisions of the Supreme Court and the Council of State

• The Supreme Court (for ordinary courts) and the Council of State (for administrative courts)
• The Constitutional Court, which reviews laws
• Courts of appeal and first-instance courts

A law degree, then a professional training course and an exam, followed by registration with a bar organisation.

• Algeria inherited the French two-court structure of ordinary and administrative courts.
• The Civil Code (1975) is French in style, and the Family Code is rooted in Islamic law.
• Legal writing is in Arabic and French.
• The system is a blend of French codes and Islamic family law.

France, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey

The University of Ottawa’s JuriGlobe database lists Algeria as: Civil law, Muslim. It names the systems in order of importance.

The map colours a country by the first-named system, and shows both civil-law and common-law countries as “mixed”. It is a simplification, and real systems are rarely pure.

Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso.

• Constitutional Court of Algeria

Sources last reviewed: October 2026.