The Islamic Legal Systems in the Electoral Context
The interaction and mutual influence of legal systems, the borrowing of certain legal norms and even institutions are an inevitable phenomenon in the modern globalizing world, which actualizes the question of the preservation of traditional values and the unique legal principles that underlie the legislation of specific states. Objective: to state and substantiate the author’s position that the legal systems of states with a prevailing Muslim population may experience different influence on the part of religious law, and this can be used as a criterion for their classification. Methodology: a dialectical method of scientific cognition was used, as well as systematic, historical and comparative methods of investigation. Results: the fundamental principles of the legislation of different countries were studied, which allowed to classify legal systems depending on the degree of influence of sharia norms on national legislation. Conclusion: Muslim law, acting as one of the most widespread legal systems of our time, is very heterogeneous in its structure, it unites several dozen states in the framework of its family, the legislation of which is characterized by great diversity. What we call Muslim law in modern times is not completely Muslim and, in some ways, not entirely a law.