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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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Jordan's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) is a principle source of legislation.
Contemporary Primary Sources :: Constitutions :: 1435 / 2014
Jordan, Posted by Bushra Hamid, 16 April 2017
Constitution for Jordan in English, published with the permission of Constitute.
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 / 20 January 2021
Jason Golfinos
English translation of the 1946 Constitution of Transjordan.
English translation of the 1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
English translation of the 1958 Agreement on the Arab Union of Iraq and Jordan, with related translated documents.
English translation of the 1958 Constitution of the Arab Union, the short-lived confederation between the Hashemite kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan.
English translation of the 1960 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 1960).
English translation of the 1965 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 1965).
English translation of the 1984 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 1984).
English translation of the 2011 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 2011).
Arabic text of the 2011 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 2011).
Arabic text of 2014 amendments to the Jordanian constitution (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan).
English translation of the 2016 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 2016).
Arabic text of the 2016 Constitution of Jordan (1952 Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as amended to 2016).