Morocco

• The Constitution of 2011, the highest law
• Codes and statutes in the French style, such as the Code of Obligations and Contracts
• Islamic law, which shapes the Family Code, and Maliki jurisprudence in matters left unaddressed
• Decisions of the Court of Cassation, which guide lower courts

• The Court of Cassation at the top of the ordinary courts
• The Constitutional Court, which reviews laws
• Courts of appeal and courts of first instance, with separate administrative and commercial courts and family sections

A law degree, then professional training and an exam for the lawyer's certificate, followed by registration with a bar association.

• A French-style code system sits alongside a family law rooted in Islamic law.
• Separate administrative and commercial courts exist, as in France.
• The Family Code was reformed in 2004 and is the subject of continuing discussion, so check current developments.
• French and Arabic are both used in legal practice.

France, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Spain

The University of Ottawa’s JuriGlobe database lists Morocco as: Muslim, Civil law. 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.

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, Gambia, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan.

• Constitutional Court of Morocco

Sources last reviewed: October 2026.