In our first two articles in this series, we introduced the new Civil Transactions Law of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (referred to as the “KSA Civil Code”) and provided analysis of its key provisions ...

The National People’s Congress approved China’s first-ever civil code on Thursday, the final day of the “two sessions” political meetings in Beijing. The document — a collection of laws related to ...

Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2025 (the “New Civil Code”) will come into effect on 1 June 2026, repealing and replacing Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 (as amended) (the “Old Civil Code”), which has formed ...

The Assam government has firmed up plans for enacting a uniform civil code (UCC). Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently announced that the state cabinet had discussed the uniform civil code and ...

Dayton launched a new civil housing code enforcement process three weeks ago, and housing and zoning officials have already issued hundreds of civil penalty warning notices and dozens of civil ...