The first political systems in the independent Maghreb : (a comparative study)‎

Abstract EN

The aim of this paper is to compare the first constitutional systems that came out after the independence of the three countries of the former French Maghreb, i.e.

Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria.

The paper is built on the thesis that though the three systems seem to differ from each other while they are influenced by the western constitutional theory, they have in reality some common specific principles while they are also different form western political systems because of the political realities of their environments related to the nationalist background and the Arab-Islamic civilization.

The methodology of this study depends on the textual analysis of the first three constitutions of the independent Maghreb, i.e.

Tunisia ( 1959), Morocco (1962), and Algeria (1963).

The comparative method is used to compare the texts with the political realities.

The conclusions will be of great importance for the understanding of the contemporary political systems in the Maghreb.