Chapter
6:
Legal
and
regulatory
framework
of
Water
Law
legal
sources
will
not
only
facilitate
understanding
but
also
assist
in
developing
the
recommendations
prepared
under
this
study.
6.2
Sources
of
law
Water
rules
in
Yemen
are
based
on
five
major
legal
sources:
1. Islamic
Law
(Shari’ah);
2. Customary
Law
(‘urf);
3. The
Constitution;
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4. The
Water
Law
and
5. The
Civil
Code.
These
sources
will
be
examined
in
this
chapter
as
well
as
their
possible
contradictions
and
ambiguities.
6.2.1
Shari’ah
The
national
legal
sys FVА