We are very pleased to launch the Journal of Constitutional Law in the Middle East and North Africa with the publication of this inaugural issue.

JCL- MENA is dedicated to encourage greater discussion and critical analysis of constitutional and legal developments throughout the ...

The drafting and the adoption of a Basic Law for the Palestinian Authority was a drawn-out and laborious process. This written constitution was an achievement: Palestinian political representatives had endorsed the pillars of Constitutionalism, reproducing this commitment within a single written document. This was a single instance of a wider ...

The hierarchical status of international treaties within the domestic system of states varies from one to the other depending on each state’s approach and understanding of international law. While most states do not differentiate between the constitutional hierarchical status of international human rights treaties and other types of international ...

Nearly all Moroccans are Muslims, and the King, identified as “commander of the faithful” in the constitution, has ultimate authority over religious affairs. According to the Moroccan Constitution, Islam is the religion of the state, and the state guarantees freedom of thought, expression, and assembly. This article considers the ways ...

This article discusses the relationship between the rule of law and constitutional courts in 29 Islamic Law States (ILS), by focusing on constitutional language, and with particular reference to the cases of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. We introduce 3 new variables that can be used to measure the presence of constitutional courts ...

The paper starts by explaining the notion of administrative decentralization and setting it apart from other notions. Then, it proceeds to exploring the disadvantages of a narrow version of administrative decentralization and advantages of an expanded one. The paper outlines next the key proposals and projects of administrative decentralization in ...