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

June 21, 2012 in Kuwait

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

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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)

18/06/2012 | Related Legal Text | Emir Decree 149 suspends Parliament for one Month based on Article 106 of the Constitution of Kuwait

June 18, 2012 in Kuwait

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

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Mahmoud Harby, Sami Aboudi & Pravin Char, Kuwait’s ruler suspends parliament for a month, Reuters, June 18, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 19, 2012).
2. Abubakar a. Ibrahim & Nihal Sharaf, Cool off … Take a month: Amir, Arab Times, June 19, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 19, 2012).
3. Kuwait’s emir suspends parliament for one month, Pakistan Daily Times, June 19, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 19, 2012).
4. Muna Al-Fuzai, Constitutional monarchies, Kuwait Times, June 20, 2012, Link (last visited Jun 25, 2012)

17/05/2012 | Proposal | Amendment making Islamic law “the only source” of legislation in Kuwait [Rejected by the Emir]

May 17, 2012 in Kuwait

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العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. B. Izzak, Amir rejects proposal to amend constitution – Islamists’ sharia bid thwarted – MP to grill social affairs minister, Kuwait Times,
May 17, 2012, Link (last visited May 18, 2012).
2. Reuters, Kuwait – Islamic Law Proposal Blocked, New York Times, May 18, 2012, Link (last visited May 18, 2012).

20/04/2010 | Proposal | Constitutional Amendments

April 20, 2010 in Kuwait

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العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English - [Support the project - submit available references]

Secondary Materials:

1. Al-Shorfa, Kuwaiti MP says his constitutional amendments promote political reform (2010), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).
2. Arab Times, The constitutional amendments suggested by MP Ali Al-Rashed will not touch the essence of the country’s constitutional system (2012), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).
3. Brown, Nathan, Pushing towards Party Politics? Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement? (2007), Link.
4. Hussein Al-Dallal, Mohammed, Comments by Mohammed Hussein Al-Dallal, Political Relations Official and Member of the ICM Political Bureau in Kuwait, on “Pushing towards Party Politics? Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement?” by Nathan Brown (2007), Link.

11/11/1962 | New Constitutional Document | 1962 Constitution of Kuwait

November 11, 1962 in Kuwait

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العربية – [kindly provided by Jordan Toone]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. International Constitutional Law Project, University of Berne, Kuwait Constitutional Background (2010), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).

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