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21/06/2012 | Interpretation | Kuwait Constitutional Court reinstates previous Parliament

June 21, 2012 in Kuwait

Links to the text of the Decree in the following languages:

العربية - [See text after explanation in the middle of the page]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Sung Un, Paper Chase: Kuwait court invalidates newly elected parliament, Jurist, June 20, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 21, 2012).
2. Kuwait court voids election and reinstates BBC News, June 20, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 21, 2012)
3. Constitutional Court Ruling, Kuwait National Assembly, June 21, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 21, 2012).
4. Muna Al-Fuzai, Constitutional monarchies, Kuwait Times, June 20, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 25, 2012)

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14/06/2012 | Interpretation | Egypt SCC declaring Law 38 of 1972 on Parliament (amended 2011) unconstitutional, dissolving Parliament

June 14, 2012 in Egypt

Links to excerpts of the decision by the Supreme Constitutional Court in the following languages:

العربية

English – [translation provided by RN]

English – [Full judgement]

Secondary Materials:

1. Law No. 38 of 1972 on the People’s Assembly as amended 27/09/2011,  العربية , English, see also the entry on this law.
2. Chibli Mallat, Saving Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court from itself, Ahram Online, June 15, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).
3. Egypt dissolves its Parliament, The Boston Globe, June 15, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 15, 2012).
4. Egypt court says whole parliament unconstitutional, orders dissolution, Al Arabiya News, June 14, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 15, 2012).
5. Egypt supreme court calls for parliament to be dissolved, BBC News, May 14, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 15, 2012).

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08/04/2011 | Interpretation | Explanatory Note by the Shura Council on Amending the Constitution

April 8, 2011 in Bahrain

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30/03/2009 | Interpretation | On the Continuation of Karzai’s Presidential Term

March 30, 2009 in Afghanistan

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فارسی – [Support the project - submit available references]

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Secondary Materials:

1. Gordon Duguid, Afghanistan Supreme Court Ruling (U.S. Department of State) (2009), Link.

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01/05/2007 | Interpretation | Interpretation Powers of the Constitutional Court

May 1, 2007 in Afghanistan

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Secondary Materials:

1. J Alexander Thier & John Dempsey, Resolving the Crisis over Constitutional Interpretation in Afghanistan (United States Institute of Peace) (2009), Link.

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18/05/1996 | Interpretation | Supreme Constitutional Court Case No. 8 of Judicial Year 17 (“Niqab” decision)

May 18, 1996 in Egypt

Links to the amendment in the following languages

العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Nathan J. Brown & Lombardi, Clark B., 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), Link.
2. Clark B. Lombardi, Islamic Law as a Source of Constitutional Law in Egypt: The Constitutionalization of the Sharia in a Modern Arab State, 37 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 81.
3. Kirsten Stilt, Islamic Law and the Remaking of the Iraqi Legal System, 36 George Washington International Law Review 395 (2004).

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