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Special Collections :: Country Profiles :: Dhū al-Ḥijja 1438 / September 2017
Nazow Tarakai
This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Benin (Republique du Benin), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Benin's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status.
Contemporary Primary Sources :: Constitutions :: 1442 Jumādā II 1442 / 14 January 2021
Jason Golfinos
English translation of the French original text of the 1964 Constitution of Dahomey (now Benin).
English translation of French original text of the Charter of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Dahomey of 7 May 1970, amending the 1964 Constitution of the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin).
English translation of the 1990 Constitution of the Republic of Benin.
English translation of the 2019 Constitution of Benin (1990 Constitution of the Republic of Benin, as amended to Law No. 2019-40 of 7 November 2019).