Consultative Council "Shura" of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

What is it about?

This work is an excellent Academic and well written legal Article about the Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia. It is the first through legal research about the Saudi Arabia Consultative council. Since its founding, the Saudi government has never claimed the right to legislate; rather, it claims to “regulate” the sharīʿah by supplementing it without contradicting it. This understanding of lawmaking may help to explain the absence of a distinct legislative body in Saudi Arabia to the present day. For this reason, the Consultative Council that was introduced by the 1992 Saudi constitutional reform and established in late 1993 is of considerable interest because of its potential to transform Saudi law and politics. This essay is an I analyses of the new Consultative Council and consider its implications for the Saudi constitutional structure. The goals of this legal academic paper are (1) to analyze and assess the King's vision of the Consultative Council and its future role; (2) to explore the nature of the Consultative Council and the role that it may play in Saudi politics and society; and (3) to encourage scholars to pay greater attention to this important yet neglected institution.

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This work is very important for anyone who is interested in the law and system of the government of Saudi Arabia. It gives insight to the Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia especially in a country that has never claimed the right to legislate; rather, it claims to “regulate” the Islamic Laws. The government actions are only to supplement the Islamic Law without contradicting it. This may be the reasons for the absence of a distinct legislative body in Saudi Arabia to the present day. The Consultative Council that was introduced by the 1992 Saudi constitutional reform and established in late 1993 is of considerable interest because of it may act is the medium or vehicle to transform Saudi laws. This essay explains the Saudi Consultative Council and considers its implications for the Saudi constitutional structure. The essay analyzes and assesses the King's vision of the Consultative Council and its future role; It explores the nature of the Consultative Council and the role that it may play in Saudi politics and society; Therefore, This good peace of accadmic work may further encourage scholars to pay greater attention to this important yet neglected institution is the Islamic world.