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Special Collections :: Country Profiles :: Muḥarram 1439 / October 2017
Nazow Tarakai
This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Tunisia (Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Tunisia's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status.
Special Collections :: 2 Shaʿbān 1438 / 27 April 2017
Nathan J. Brown, Posted by Sharon Tai, 02 May 2017
Religion appears in the constitutions of the Arab world, almost all with Muslim majorities, in a variety of ways. But aside from ensuring a public role for religion, these states are far from theocratic and show considerable though subtle diversity within them.
Contemporary Primary Sources :: Constitutions :: 1442 Jumādā II 1442 / 22 January 2021
Jason Golfinos
English translation of the 1861 Organic Law of Tunisia (Political and Administrative Code of the Tunisian Kingdom).
English translation of the 1956 Constitution of Tunisia (Decree of 21 June 1956 Concerning Administrative Organization of the Kingdom).
English translation of the 1959 Constitution of Tunisia.
English translation of the 1971 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to 1971).
English translation of the 1976 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to Constitutional Law No. 76-37 of 8 April 1976).
French and Arabic texts of the 1988 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to Constitutional Law No. 88-88 of 25 July 1988).
French and Arabic texts of the 1998 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to 1998).
Arabic text of the 2003 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to Constitutional Law No. 2003-34 of May 13, 2003).
English translation of the 2008 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to 2008).
Arabic text of the 2008 Constitution of Tunisia (1959 Constitution of Tunisia, as amended to 2008).
English translation of Tunisia's Decree-Law No. 2011-14, Relating to Provisional Organization of the Public Authorities (interim legislation organizing the transition after the Arab Spring and fall of Ben Ali).
Arabic text of Tunisia's Basic Law No. 6 of December 2011 (a provisional basic law during the post-Arab Spring/fall of Ben Ali transition period).
Arabic text of the 2014 Constitution of Tunisia.
English translation of the 2014 Constitution of Tunisia.
Historical Primary Sources :: Books :: 1317 / 1900
Paul Lescure, Posted by Salah Muhiddin, 20 March 2021