Egypt: where to read the law
Egyptian legislation is published in the Official Gazette in Arabic, and the constitutional court publishes its own decisions. There is no free consolidated database of legislation in force comparable to Jordan's. The most useful open resource is Manshurat, an independent Arabic legal library that many practitioners use in preference to the official sites. English-language coverage comes from the state information service and from law-firm publications rather than from any official translation programme.
This is a directory, not a summary of the law. Nothing here tells you what a rule says - it tells you where the authoritative text lives so you can read it yourself. Links last checked .
The sources
- Supreme Constitutional CourtCourtsArabicConstitutional court decisions and the official publication that carries them.
- Manshurat — Egyptian legal libraryPrimary lawArabicAn independent, free Arabic library of Egyptian legislation. Not official, but widely used and well organised.
- State Information Service — legal frameworkPrimary lawGovernment overview of the constitutional and legislative structure, in English.
- Library of Congress — Egypt legal research guideResearch guideWhere the gazette lives, how the courts stack, and which English translations exist.