SHARIAsource

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Algeria's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has some legal status. 

Original French and Arabic text(s) of the 1963 Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

English translation (from the French text) of the 1963 Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

English translation, from the French, of the 1976 Algerian Constitution (1976 Constitution of the and Democratic and People's Republic of Algeria). 

Arabic text of the 1979 Constitution of Algeria.

English translation, from the French, of the Constitution of the Democratic and People's Algerian Republic, as amended to Law No. 80-01 of 12 January 1980.

Arabic and French original text(s) of the 1989 Constitution of Algeria.

English translation, from the original French text, of the 1989 Constitution of Algeria.

English translation, from the French, of the 1996 Algerian constitution (Constitution of 1989 as revised by the Referendum of 11-28-1996).

English translation, from the French, of the 2002 Algerian constitution (Constitution of 1989, as amended to Law No. 02-03 of 10 April 2002).

English translation, from the French, of the 2008 Algerian constitution (Constitution of 1989, as amended to Law No. 8-19 or 15 November 2008).

English translation of the 2016 Constitution of Algeria (Constitution of 1989, as amended to 2016).

Original Arabic text of the 2016 Constitution of Algeria (Constitution of 1989, as amended to 2016).