Jordan Jordanian 2011 Constitutional Amendments
تعديلات الدستور الأردني 2011
Summary
Set of 42 constitutional amendments adopted in response to the Arab Spring. Established a Constitutional Court, restricted the use of State Security Court, and introduced electoral reforms — though without fundamentally shifting executive power away from the monarchy.
Impact
Defused popular pressure during the Arab Spring without significantly constraining monarchic primacy. Marked the cautious model of monarchic accommodation later echoed in Morocco's 2011 reforms.
Sources
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This is a citation for the legislation itself — credited to Parliament of Jordan and dated to its 2011 introduction. Tayyar is the retrieval surface, not the author. A separate "Retrieved via" line records that you accessed it through this dataset.
In-text: (Parliament of Jordan, 2011) (Parliament of Jordan, 2011)
APA 7Institutional author
Parliament of Jordan. (2011). Jordanian 2011 Constitutional Amendments [Legislation]. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/jo-2011-constitutional-amendments. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/jo-2011-constitutional-amendments.
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Parliament of Jordan. 2011. “Jordanian 2011 Constitutional Amendments.” Legislation. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/jo-2011-constitutional-amendments. Accessed June 21, 2026.
BibTeXLaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-bill-jo-2011-constitutional-amendments,
title = {{Jordanian 2011 Constitutional Amendments}},
author = {{Parliament of Jordan}},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-09-25},
type = {Legislation},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/jo-2011-constitutional-amendments},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Retrieved via Tayyar on June 21, 2026}
}