Created by the 2011 constitutional amendments after the regional protests, replacing the earlier High Tribunal. Individuals cannot petition it directly but may raise unconstitutionality in ordinary proceedings for referral, which is the practical route.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- Review of the constitutionality of laws and regulations in force, on challenge by the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Council of Ministers, or by referral from a court hearing a case in which a party has raised the question.
- Seat
- Amman
- Established
- 2012
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