Law of Jordan

The Law of Jordan is influenced by Ottoman law and European laws. The Great Arab Revolt 1916 threw out Ottoman rule. In 1920, the San Remo Conference gave mandate powers to the British. When the mandate ended in 1946 shorting after WWII, Amir Abdullah was crowned king of the now independent state of Jordan. A parliamentary system headed by the King was established. The Constitution of Jordan of 1952 affirmed Islam as the state religion, but it did not state that Islam is the source of legislation. Arabic was established as the official language. However, it also recognized religious and ethnic pluralism by banning discrimination based on race, language, or religion. Personal freedoms pertaining to expression, worship, press, opinion, scientific research and literary, and assembly are protected, but subject to possible limitation by law. Jordan is under the penal code that was established in 1960, and heavily influenced by the French Penal Code of 1810 as well as the Lebanese Criminal Law of 1943.

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