foreign law; sharia law; prohibition

SB 1018 amends Arizona law to define "foreign law" as specifically including Sharia law and any other legal system outside U.S. or Arizona law. This definition change affects how Arizona courts handle cases involving foreign legal systems, such as in contract disputes or family law matters. The bill does not ban Sharia law but explicitly includes it in the legal definition of "foreign law" for conflict-of-laws purposes. It is a definitional amendment, not a new prohibition, altering terminology without changing existing legal applications.