Constitution of Jordan

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The Constitution of Jordan is the fundamental legal document that defines the country's political system, delineates the powers of the monarchy and parliament, and guarantees basic rights and freedoms for its citizens.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Constitution of Jordan canonical 9
Jordanian Constitution 3
Constitutional law of Jordan 1

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1952-01-08 ⓘ
amendedIn 1954 ⓘ
1958 ⓘ
1960 ⓘ
1965 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
1974 ⓘ
1976 ⓘ
1984 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
2011 ⓘ
2014 ⓘ
2016 ⓘ
2022 ⓘ
authorizes King of Jordan to appoint and dismiss ministers ⓘ
King of Jordan to appoint the Prime Minister ⓘ
Parliament of Jordan to approve the budget ⓘ
Parliament of Jordan to enact laws ⓘ
basisFor Jordanian legal system ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1952-01-08 ⓘ
contains articles ⓘ
chapters ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
defines political system of Jordan ⓘ
powers of the King of Jordan ⓘ
powers of the Parliament of Jordan ⓘ
relationship between executive, legislative, and judicial branches ⓘ
establishes Council of Ministers ⓘ
House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
Senate of Jordan ⓘ
bicameral Parliament of Jordan ⓘ
constitutional monarchy in Jordan ⓘ
independence of the judiciary ⓘ
the King as head of state ⓘ
guarantees basic rights and freedoms of Jordanian citizens ⓘ
equality of Jordanians before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of opinion ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
headOfState King of Jordan ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
locationOfAdoption Amman ⓘ
promulgatedBy King Talal of Jordan ⓘ
providesFor hereditary monarchy ⓘ
independent courts ⓘ
parliamentary government ⓘ
regulates executive authority in Jordan ⓘ
judicial authority in Jordan ⓘ
legislative authority in Jordan ⓘ
replaced Organic Law of Transjordan 1928 ⓘ
supremacyClause supreme law of Jordan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordanian Parliament → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
Prime Minister of Jordan → legalBasis → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
Government of Jordan → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
Senate of Jordan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
Jordanian national security apparatus → legalFramework → Jordanian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Jordan
Royal legal advisory offices → legalBasis → Jordanian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Jordan
Chamber of Deputies (Jordan) → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Flag of Jordan → hasLegalStatusDefinedIn → Jordanian constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Jordan
Judiciary of Jordan → legalBasis → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
Ministry of Justice (Jordan) → appliesLaw → Jordanian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Jordan
Council of Ministers of Jordan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Jordan → subjectTo → Constitutional law of Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Jordan