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Constitutional Amendment In The United Arab Emirates

UAEU Law Journal

The constitution of the United Arab Emirates of 1971 created a federal system composed of seven emirates.

Federal constitutions distribute legislative power bet ween the two layers of government. The distribution of legislative power in the federal systems is an important aspect of these constitutions.

The existence of the distribution of legislative power in the federal constitutions and the fact that these constitutions preserve the existence and powers of the two layers of government make it inappropriate and unacceptable to entrust one layer of government with the power to amend the federal constitution.

There is a need i n each …

The Safeguarding Of The Process Of Running For The Presidency Office A Comparative Study Between French And Egyptian Regimes (Part I), Sharif Youssef Khater

UAEU Law Journal

Our research deals with the criteria applied to the Republic presidential nomination process whether inFranceor inEgypt. This research is presented in two chapters where the first one has beenallocated to studying the nomination application for the presidency of the Republic whether inFranceorEgypt, and the second one has beenallocated to studying the competent authority which accepts the presidential nomination applications.

As to the nomination application for the presidency of the Republic in France, we found that the French legislator has set strict criteria for accepting presidential candidates. Thereupon, the fundamentallaw issued on the 18^th of June, 1976 which amended the …

Constitutional Right Of The Individual In The Environment Between The Differences In Jurisprudence (Fiqh) And The Judiciary Orientations: First Section, Amira Badr

UAEU Law Journal

The individual and the environment are considered as an integrated unit that we cannot imagine the existence of one without the existence of the other, so the international community became more aware that the protection of the environment is necessary for its survival, that made both states and international organizations contribute efforts in order to develop their legislations to protect the environment from all forms of degradation, pollution and to ensure life in sound and stable environment; through development and concluding international agreements dealing with this issues.

With the existence of the individual rights in healthy environment appears in relevant …