The 2011 Moroccan Constitution in Light of the Arab Spring: Dialectic of Permanence and Change

Al- Ghali offers an in-depth analysis of Morocco’s constitution in light of the Arab Spring stressing the complex structure of a constitution that balances three key factors: authority, values, and wealth. Constitutions also arrange political interactions and the balance of powers through basic principles that dictate the rules of the game between the various systems of governance, both direct and indirect. This leaves the constitution open to interpretation and exegesis, taking into account issues such as space and time and the imbalances of power. In this regard, a constitutional draft, in its static definition, does not mean the formation of fixed principles that govern an ever-changing and dynamic field. Rather, it is a flexible structure that not only contains control mechanisms for the proper functioning of constitutional bodies, but also maintains the balance between them. Against this backdrop, and following an analysis of various constitutional drafts, al-Ghali presents an analytical model for the determination and comparison of permanence and change within Morocco’s 2011 constitutional reform.

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Al- Ghali offers an in-depth analysis of Morocco’s constitution in light of the Arab Spring stressing the complex structure of a constitution that balances three key factors: authority, values, and wealth. Constitutions also arrange political interactions and the balance of powers through basic principles that dictate the rules of the game between the various systems of governance, both direct and indirect. This leaves the constitution open to interpretation and exegesis, taking into account issues such as space and time and the imbalances of power. In this regard, a constitutional draft, in its static definition, does not mean the formation of fixed principles that govern an ever-changing and dynamic field. Rather, it is a flexible structure that not only contains control mechanisms for the proper functioning of constitutional bodies, but also maintains the balance between them. Against this backdrop, and following an analysis of various constitutional drafts, al-Ghali presents an analytical model for the determination and comparison of permanence and change within Morocco’s 2011 constitutional reform.

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