Law without the state

Law without the state (also called transnational stateless law, stateless law, or private legal orderings) is law made primarily outside of the power of a state.

Such law may be established in several ways:

• It may emerge in systems such as existed in feudal Europe prior to the emergence of the modern nation state with the treaty of Westphalia.
• It can be established as customary law such as that practiced by indigenous communities.
• Non-state actors may create it, for instance in the form of "soft law".
• According to various theories of anarchist law, it could result from how a society would organize itself without formal government.

See also

• List of national legal systems – System for interpreting and enforcing the laws
• Religious law – Ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions
• Islamic Courts Union – Former legal and political organisation in Somalia
• Beth Din – Rabbinical court of JudaismPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Kris (Romani court) – Romani traditional courtPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Jirga – Assembly of Pashtun tribal leaders
• Lex Mercatoria – Part of the history of contract lawPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets