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Developments in the Maldivian Constitutional Law: The Year 2016 in Review

Shamsul Falaah
Edited By: Max Planck Institute

Content type:
Constitutional overviews (by jurisdiction)
OUP reference:
OCW CM 1007 (MV)
Product:
Oxford Constitutions of the World [OCW]
Jurisdiction:
Maldives [mv]
© Shamsul Falaah

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved. Subscriber: null; date: 07 February 2025

The current Constitution of the Maldives came into force on 7 August 2008, and has remained unamended with the exception of the change in age criterion for a person to be qualified for election as President and the permitting of foreign ownership of land; these items have sparked a rancorous debate among the politicians, lawyers and the public. It is under this Constitution; the country saw the introduction of a powerful judiciary vested with substantial powers of judicial review. After a year of contentious constitutional controversies, amid political squabbling,...
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