Home›National Constitutions of Africa and the Middle East›Legal Status›In ForceBrowse ByIn ForceFactsIn ForceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. 1In ForceFilter Results48 entriesLegal SystemAllCivil Law (5)Common Law (2)Customary Law (1)Israeli Law (1)Law of Algeria (1)Law of Angola (1)Law of Bahrain (1)Law of Benin (1)Law of Botswana (1)Law of Cameroon (1)Law of Cote d'Ivoire (1)Law of Eswatini (1)Law of Jordan (1)Law of Kuwait (1)Law of Liberia (1)Law of Libya (2)Law of Namibia (1)Law of Qatar (1)Law of Rwanda (1)Law of Somalia (1)Law of Sudan (1)Law of Syria (1)Law of Tanzania (1)Law of the Central African Republic (1)Law of the Republic of the Congo (1)Law of the United Arab Emirates (1)Law of Zimbabwe (1)Mixed Systems (8)Sharia (2)South African Law (1)EraAll20th Century (1900-1999) (26)21st Century (2000-Present) (22)Country or JurisdictionAllAlgeria (1)Angola (1)Bahrain (1)Benin (1)Botswana (1)Cameroon (1)Central African Republic (1)Cote d'Ivoire (1)Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)Egypt (1)Eswatini (1)Ethiopia (1)Gambia (1)Ghana (1)Guinea (1)Iran (1)Iraq (1)Israel (1)Jordan (1)Kenya (1)Kuwait (1)Liberia (1)Libya (2)Madagascar (1)Malawi (1)Mali (1)Mauritania (1)Mauritius (1)Morocco (1)Namibia (1)Niger (1)Nigeria (1)Qatar (1)Republic of the Congo (1)Rwanda (1)Saudi Arabia (1)Seychelles (1)Somalia (1)South Africa (1)South Sudan (1)Sudan (1)Syria (1)Tanzania (1)Togo (1)Turkey (1)United Arab Emirates (1)Zimbabwe (1)Authored ByAllAlbie Sachs (1)Chaloka Beyani (1)Group TreeAllConstitutions of Arab League Member States (10)Constitutions of East African Community Member States (6)Constitutions of ECOWAS Member States (9)Constitutions of Gulf Cooperation Council Member States (5)Constitutions of SADC Member States (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 48Basic Law of Saudi ArabiaIn ForceBasic Laws of IsraelIn ForceConstitution of AlgeriaIn ForceConstitution of AngolaIn ForceConstitution of BahrainIn ForceConstitution of BeninIn ForceConstitution of BotswanaIn ForceConstitution of CameroonIn ForceConstitution of EgyptIn ForceConstitution of EswatiniIn ForceConstitution of EthiopiaIn ForceConstitution of GhanaIn ForceConstitution of GuineaIn ForceConstitution of IranIn ForceConstitution of IraqIn ForceConstitution of Ivory CoastIn ForceConstitution of JordanIn ForceConstitution of KenyaIn ForceConstitution of KuwaitIn ForceConstitution of LiberiaIn ForceConstitution of MadagascarIn ForceConstitution of MalawiIn ForceConstitution of MaliIn ForceConstitution of MauritaniaIn ForceConstitution of MauritiusIn ForceConstitution of MoroccoIn ForceConstitution of NamibiaIn ForceConstitution of NigeriaIn ForceConstitution of QatarIn ForceConstitution of RwandaIn ForceConstitution of SeychellesIn ForceConstitution of South AfricaIn ForceConstitution of South SudanIn ForceConstitution of SudanIn ForceConstitution of SyriaIn ForceConstitution of TanzaniaIn ForceConstitution of the Central African RepublicIn ForceConstitution of the Democratic Republic of the CongoIn ForceConstitution of the GambiaIn ForceConstitution of the Republic of the CongoIn ForceConstitution of the United Arab EmiratesIn ForceConstitution of TogoIn ForceConstitution of TurkeyIn ForceConstitution of ZimbabweIn ForceConstitutional Declaration of LibyaIn ForceLibyan interim Constitutional DeclarationIn ForceProvisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of SomaliaIn ForceTransitional Charter of NigerIn ForceSources1. Constitution (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaConstitution, lead sectionQuote, Constitution, lead sectionA constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.