Jurisdiction

{
  "$schema": "https://openinherit.org/v1/dialect.json",
  "$id": "https://openinherit.org/v1/common/jurisdiction.json",
  "title": "Jurisdiction",
  "description": "A legal jurisdiction identified by ISO 3166 codes.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}$",
      "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
    },
    "subdivision": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}-[A-Z0-9]{1,6}$",
      "$comment": "ISO 3166-2. Most codes 2-3 chars; some historic codes longer.",
      "description": "ISO 3166-2 subdivision code (e.g. GB-SCT, US-CA)"
    },
    "legalSystem": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "common_law",
        "civil_law",
        "mixed",
        "religious",
        "customary",
        "religious_islamic",
        "religious_jewish",
        "religious_hindu",
        "religious_canon",
        "plural"
      ],
      "$comment": "'plural' for dual civil/religious systems (Malaysia, Pakistan, Israel, Nigeria). Use 'religious_*' when identifying a specific religious legal system as an adjudicating authority."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable jurisdiction name (e.g. 'Scotland', 'California')"
    }
  },
  "required": ["country"],
  "additionalProperties": false
}