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Law of EgyptEgypt
One of the oldest legal civilisations in the world and a modern civil-law system with a Civil Code that became a model for the Arab world, a separate administrative judiciary in the French tradition, a Supreme Constitutional Court, and personal status rules that depend on religion. How the system works, how to live, work and buy there, and why an unregistered contract is a trap. Free articles, organized by subject, growing every week.
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Who This Page Is For
This portal collects material on Egyptian law, a civil-law system with a distinctive constitutional and religious framework: the Civil Code of 1948 is its backbone, Islamic Sharia is under Article 2 the principal source of legislation, personal status rules depend on religion, and the courts are organised in separate branches: the ordinary courts, the State Council and the Supreme Constitutional Court. Egypt is not governed by a single religious code. It is written for readers who visit, live, work, study, buy property or do business in Egypt or who want to understand its legal system, and it explains laws, institutions and procedures without giving legal advice or opinions on individual cases. Laws change, and some of the most important ones were replaced in 2025. Everywhere else on this site, content reflects US law unless a page says otherwise.
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Egyptian Law
A first course in Egyptian law: ancient and Islamic traditions and French influence and the Civil Code of Sanhuri, Article 2 and Sharia as the principal source of legislation, the President and the House and the Senate and Al-Azhar, governorates and personal status for Muslims and Christians now that religious courts are abolished, the Court of Cassation and the State Council and the Supreme Constitutional Court, rights and foreigners and administrative justice, contract and real estate registration and family law and inheritance, companies and commercial agencies and the Labour Law of 2025 and tax, and criminal procedure and the Nile and arbitration.
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Legal documents
31 legal documents in العربية (Arabic)
Leases, loan and sale agreements, powers of attorney, family documents, letters and more, ready to fill in and sign, in العربية (Arabic), with the English translation alongside for the other party. PDF and Word. 6 € for a document in the language, 9 € with the English translation. Included in the individual All-Access plan, in the language you choose.
- • عقد إيجار سكني
- • عقد خدمات (مستقل)
- • عقد قرض
- • عقد عدم إفشاء معلومات (اتفاقية سرية)
- • عقد بيع منقولات (بما فيها مركبة مستعملة)
- • موافقة الوالدين على سفر طفل إلى الخارج
See the documents in العربية (Arabic)
These are general templates for use in any country, each with a ‘check in your country’ list. They are not drafted under Egypt law, and they are not legal advice.
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The Civil Law Tradition
Where the Egyptian Civil Code comes from and what it shares with France, Italy, Spain, Germany and the other Arab civil codes: the Roman roots, the great codes and legal science.
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