Algeria

Overview

Constitutional document in force:

1996 Constitution: عربي | English | Français
No current drafting process known

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The country pages are collections from information openly available on the web or documents obtained by the MECF with national constitutional events categorized as follows:

1. New Constitutional Document

A “New Constitutional Document” under the terms of this website is a text that bears new constitutional authority, which was not enacted by a preexisting amendment procedure of the highest law available.

2. Amendment

Documents are categorized as “Amendments” if they were established according to an existing constitutional amendment procedure.

3. Proposal

A “Proposal” is an amendment that was not or is supposed to be implemented in future.

4. Interpretation

An “Interpretation” is a legal determination by a body that is endowed with the authority to issue binding interpretations on the constitutional text. This category is not limited to courts or other traditional bodies of the judiciary. Exemplary bodies include constitutional courts or boards.

5. Related Legal Text

“Related Legal Texts” are those legal documents that are directly relevant to the constitutional provisions and are hierarchically placed below constitutional legal authority. Examples include election laws, laws relating to political parties and laws on the judiciary.

We list secondary materials for each constitutional event of the five categories. These include scholarly articles and the travaux préparatoires.

12/11/2008 | Amendment | Law No. 19-08 of 15 November 2008

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية

Français - [Support the project - submit available references]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Thierry Le Roy, Constitutionalism in the Maghreb: Between French Heritage and Islamic Concepts, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Grote, Rainer & Röder, Tilmann J. eds., 2011).
2. Imen Gallala, Constitutional Jurisdiction and its Limits in the Maghreb, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Rainer Grote & Tilmann J. Röder eds., 2011).…

10/04/2002 | Amendment | Law No. 03-02 of 10 April 2002, including the Constitutional Amendment

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية

Français- [Support the project - submit available references]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

26/11/1996 | New Constitutional Document | 1996 Constitution of Algeria

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية

Français

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Abdallah Baali, The Algerian Constitution: A Constitution Based on the Separation of Powers and the Protection of Individual and Collective Freedoms, in International Commission of Jurists – The Review No. 60 – Special Issue 1998 103-112.
2. Thierry Le Roy, Constitutionalism in the Maghreb: Between French Heritage and Islamic Concepts, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Grote, Rainer & Röder, Tilmann J. eds., 2011).
3. Imen Gallala, Constitutional Jurisdiction and its Limits in the Maghreb, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Rainer Grote & Tilmann J. Röder eds., 2011).…