22/05/1980 | Amendment | Amendments to Presidential election laws, Islamic law clause, and socialist objectives

May 22, 1980 in Egypt

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العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Nathan J. Brown & Clark B. Lombardi, Translation – The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt on Islamic Law, Veiling and Civil Rights: An Annotated Translation of Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Case No. 8 of Judicial Year 17 (May 18, 1996), 21 American University International Law Review 437-460 (2005).
2. Adel Omar Sherif, The Relation between Constitution and Shari’ah in Egypt, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Grote, Rainer & Röder, Tilmann J. eds., 2011).
3. UNDP, Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments and Procedures (2011), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).

06/09/1971 | New Constitutional Document | 1971 Constitution of Egypt

September 6, 1971 in Egypt

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العربية – [Support the project - submit available references]

English – [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Hatem Elliesie, Rule of Law in Egypt, in Understanding the Rule of Law in Various Legal Orders of the World (Matthias Koetter & Gunnar Folke Schuppert eds., 2010).
2. Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Strong Presidentialism: The Model of Egypt, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Grote, Rainer & Röder, Tilmann J. eds., 2011).

20/08/1971 | Proposal | 1971 Draft constitution of the United Arab Republic

August 20, 1971 in Egypt, Syria

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Union agreement, (tripartite: Egypt, Syria and Iraq), Youssef Kazama Khoury, Constitutions in the Arab world (Provisions and amendments) 1839-1987 (1989), 570-583 (Arabic).
2. Attempts at Arab Unity and Projects, Center for Opinion Studies, July, 2008, Link (last visited Jun 18, 2012) (Arabic)

23/03/1964 | New Constitutional Document | 1964 United Arab Republic Constitution

March 23, 1964 in Egypt, Iraq, Syria

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Union agreement, (tripartite: Egypt, Syria and Iraq), Youssef Kazama Khoury, Constitutions in the Arab world (Provisions and amendments) 1839-1987 (1989), 570-583 Link (Arabic).

27/09/1958 | Related Legal Text | Law No. 162 of 1958 (“Emergency Law”)

September 27, 1958 in Egypt, Iraq, Syria

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العربية

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Issandr El-Amrani, The Emergency Law needs to go, The Arabist, September 15, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 6, 2012).
2. Egypt: Repeal Emergency Law, Abolish Emergency State Security Court, Human Rights Watch, August 3, 2003, Link (last visited Jul 6, 2012).
3. Hotline: Egypt’s extension of emergency law means continued rights violations, Jurist, May 28, 2008, Link (last visited Jul 6, 2012).

05/03/1958 | New Constitutional Document | 1958 United Arab Republic Interim Constitution

March 5, 1958 in Egypt, Iraq, Syria

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Union agreement, (tripartite: Egypt, Syria and Iraq), Youssef Kazama Khoury, Constitutions in the Arab world (Provisions and amendments) 1839-1987 (1989), 570-583 Link (Arabic).

23/06/1956 | New Constitutional Document | 1956 Constitution of Egypt

June 23, 1956 in Egypt

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt Constitutional history at a glance, March 9, 2005, Link (last visited Mar 16, 2012).
2. Nathan J. Brown, Egypt’s Constitutional Ghosts, Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2011, Link (last visited Mar 16, 2012).

16/10/1951 | Amendment | Amendment to reintroduced 1923 Constitution of Egypt

October 16, 1951 in Egypt

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Union agreement, (tripartite: Egypt, Syria and Iraq), Youssef Kazama Khoury, Constitutions in the Arab world (Provisions and amendments) 1839-1987 (1989), 570-583 (Arabic).
2. Attempts at Arab Unity and Projects, Center for Opinion Studies, July, 2008, Link (last visited Jun 18, 2012) (Arabic).

30/11/1934 | New Constitutional Document | Reintroduction of 1923 Constitution of Egypt

November 30, 1934 in Egypt

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Union agreement, (tripartite: Egypt, Syria and Iraq), Youssef Kazama Khoury, Constitutions in the Arab world (Provisions and amendments) 1839-1987 (1989), 570-583 (Arabic).
2. Attempts at Arab Unity and Projects, Center for Opinion Studies, July, 2008, Link (last visited Jun 18, 2012) (Arabic).

22/10/1930 | New Constitutional Document | 1930 Constitution of Egypt

October 22, 1930 in Egypt

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt Constitutional history at a glance, March 9, 2005, Link (last visited Mar 16, 2012).
2. Nathan J. Brown, Egypt’s Constitutional Ghosts, Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2011, Link (last visited Mar 16, 2012).

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