ELECTORAL LAW OF THE ARAB MONARCHIES EVIDENCED BY JORDAN AND MOROCCO
The electoral systems of Jordan and Morocco have a number of similarities. Both countries are dual monarchies, and all power, including the right to determine the electoral system, is in the hands of the monarch. Both countries have adopted, due to the revolutionary events in the Arab world, amendments to the Constitution in order to make the electoral process more transparent, to allow more political parties to take part in the political process. At the same time, the reforms of the electoral system in Jordan were superficial while in Morocco significant reforms were implemented and they became an important step towards the democratization of the political system of the country.This article provides a brief analysis of the electoral law of the two countries, taking into account their national and religious backgrounds. Further constitutional and legal reforms in the field of electoral law and the electoral system in Jordan and Morocco are impossible to analyze without taking into account national, religious and demographic (Jordan) features of these countries, including the specific legal traditions related to Islamic legal school.