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Constitutional Court of Morocco

Website of the Moroccan Constitutional Court, which provides a searchable collection of court decisions, 2017 onwards (in Arabic), accompanied by indexes of decisions of the Constitutional Council (1999-2009) and Constitutional Chamber (1972-1986). There site also includes resolutions, court rules, the 2011 Constitution of Morocco and the Law on the Constitutional Court (in Arabic and French), and other laws (Arabic only). The Constitutional Court Review, which publishes cases, is available from 2008 onwards in French and/or Arabic.

Constitutional Court of Jordan

The Constitutional Court of Jordan was established in October 2012 and began work in 2013. The English version of its website includes translations of selected judgments and English versions of the Constitution of Jordan and the Law of the Constitutional Court; it also has general information about the court, and case statistics. The Arabic version provides cases from 2013 to the current year, court rules, the Constitution, the Law of the Constitutional Court, publications and links to law databases such as Qistas and Qarark (a login and/or subscription is required to access these).

Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils

The Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils (UACCC) is a network for constitutional bodies in the Arab world, founded in 1997 to foster constitutional justice and facilitate the exchange of ideas and expertise. Its website provides its founding document and rules, lists member states and gives details of its journal and symposiums. There is also a digital library, for which registration is required. The site is available in English and Arabic.

Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions (AACC)

Asian constitutional courts network, established in 2010 to exchange ideas and best practice for the promotion of constitutional democracy and the rule of law. The AACC website outlines its aims and activities and gives brief details of the constitutional courts of the member states. The Library section includes the Association’s Statute, annual reports, newsletter, annual reports, declarations and conference proceedings; it also provides constitutional court decisions / decision summaries (mainly Indonesian), a few articles and reports, and other material.

Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA)

ICLA was founded in 2011 at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. Its website details past and ongoing research projects and makes available their publications and data. It also has an African Constitutions section, providing the constitutions of over thirty African states, country reports, information about a number of books on African constitutional law, and the reports of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA).

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia

Website of the Library of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia. The site and its content are for the most part available in both Indonesian and English, but not all of the most recent content is available in English. Users can freely access the Court’s decisions, news announcements; journals and magazines about the Court and Indonesian constitutional law; and information about the Court's history, purpose and structure.

ConstitutionNet

ConstitutionNet is a project of International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) designed to provide information for constitutional lawyers and practitioners. The site has a selection of FAQs about constitutions and what they can do along with a collection of video ‘primers’ on what constitutions are and how they are made. Country profiles give a history of their constitution and recent news items. Full text publications, arranged thematically, cover topics such as constitutional rights and constitution building.

Global Constitutionalism Seminar

The Global Constitutionalism Seminar is hosted by Yale Law School as part of the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights. This annual programme brings together  Supreme Court and Constitutional Court judges from around the world and Yale Law School faculty members. The website provides free access to the seminars’ ebooks back to 2012 in a range of formats (PDF, EPUB, MOBI and AZW3). Each year deals with a particular theme including governments’ authority, sources of law and rights and litigating climate change.

IACL-AIDC Blog

The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) is a forum for the exchange of knowledge about the development and understanding of constitutional systems worldwide. This page links directly to the IACL blog which aims to be a meeting place for constitutionalists to present their research, share views and discuss constitutional law topics. Posts can be browsed by date back to 2014 and viewed by topic including gender and constitutions, centenary of the constitution in Liechtenstein and Irish unification. Author interviews, book reviews and a series of podcasts are also given.

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