21. He is being detained under the U.N. legal code on charges of threatening someone in a brothel he owns. 22. In China, on the other hand, corruption is a widespread problem, and the decisions of Communist leaders outrank the legal codes. 23. Later he was appointed chief prosecutor, and he was part of the religious establishment that replaced the secular legal code with Islamic law. 24. Napoleon, who decreed the legal code that created the system, said that only the emperor himself had more power. 25. On political reform, the NPC chief said last month that China must develop systems and legal codes to consolidate democracy. 26. On Monday, Russia will adopt a new legal code that governs the prosecution of criminal cases and protects the rights of those accused. 27. Other fundamental issues like a choice of language and legal code will have to be decided. 28. Oumar explained that no one cheated, stole or haggled in the market thanks to the Islamic legal code. 29. Scotland already has its own legal code and school system. 30. Shariah is the religious legal code based on the rulings, called fatwas, of nonelected clerics, rather than the decisions of elected legislators. |