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Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei

Partner and Founder

adel.altabtabaie@ilg.com.kw

Constitutional expert Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabae is the Chairman of ILG with over 44 years of experience, specializing in administrative and constitutional matters. He currently serves as a consultant to the Amiri Diwan and the office of H.H. the Amir of Kuwait.

Prof. Al-Tabtabaei previously served as the Minister of Education and Higher Education, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Kuwait University, and the Head of the Technical Office at the Ministry of Justice. During his tenure at the Ministry of Justice, he led the committee that drafted the Military Prosecution Law, Intellectual Property Law, and the Legislative Requirements for the Kuwait 2010-2014 Development Plan. Throughout his career, Prof. Al-Tabtabaei has represented clients before the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court and has served as an arbitrator in a number of international disputes.

Prof. Al-Tabtabaei holds a PhD in General Law from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is also the recipient of several awards from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS) and has authored over 20 academic books and published over 40 research papers.

Books

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“Al-Waseet” in the Kuwaiti Civil Service Law
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Publications of the Unit of Authoring, Translation and Publishing – Faculty of Law, Kuwait University, 1998
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A Set of Kuwaiti Constitutional Documents
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
A Supplement of Journal of Law, No: 1
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General Constitutional Principles
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Kuwait, 1978
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Kuwait’s Constitutional Court – Composition – Competences – Procedures
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Academic Publication Council at Kuwait University, 2005
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New Kuwaiti Civil Service Act – A Comparative Study
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Kuwait University Press, 1983
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Terms of Reference of the Resigned Government
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, Second edition 2018
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The Attendance of the Resigned Kuwait Government as a Condition for the Validity of Convening or continuing the session of the National Assembly
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Scientific Publishing Council – Kuwait University, Journal of Law – Issue No: 1029– Year 48 – June 2024
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The Constitutional Limits Between the Legislative and Judicial Powers – A Comparative Study
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Publications of the Authoring, Translation and Publishing at the University of Kuwait – the Council of Scientific Publications, 2000
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The Constitutional System in Kuwait – A Comparative Study
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Library of Dar Al Uloom – 3rd Edition, 1998
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The Degree of Contradiction of the Provisions of the International Criminal Court
Prof. Abdullah Al-Hayyan
A Comparative Study – Issued by the Journal of Law, 2003
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The Federal System in the United Arab Emirates – A Comparative Study
Dr. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Cairo, Egypt, 1978
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The General Theory Of Negative Management Decisions
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Comparative Study, Scientific Publishing Council – Kuwait University, 2017
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The Legislative Power in the Arab Gulf Countries
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Journal of Studies of Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, 1985
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The Parliamentary Questions Origin Types and Functions An Applied
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Comparative Study, with Special Focus on Kuwait – 1987 – Published by the Journal of Law
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The Position of Family in the Kuwaiti Constitution
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Family Encyclopedia – Issued by the Supreme Advisory Committee to Complete the Application of the Provisions of Islamic Law – Part (4), 2006
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The Right of the Head of State to Veto Drafts of Laws
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Comparative Study, Scientific Publishing Council – Kuwait University, 2022
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Unpublished papers & researches of Dr Othman Khalil Othman on the Kuwait Constitution.
Prof. Adel Al-Tabtabaei
Scientific Publishing Council – Kuwait University, Journal of Law – Issue No: 1029– Year 47 – June 2023
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Research Articles and Publications

Agenda of the Parliament
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 – Year 10
1986
Challenge of Exceeding Authority in Administrative Contracts
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 – Year 11
1987
Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgment in Constitutional Cassation No :(1) of 1979 rendered on 12/05/1979
The Lawyer Magazine
1979
Commentary on the Judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal Titled: Jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court to consider the Legitimacy of the Regulations
The Lawyer Magazine
1987
Compensation for the Damages of the Aggressive War Against Kuwait
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 15
1991
Constitutional and Legal Aspects in the Process of Establishment of the Arbitral
Journal of Law – Issue No: 4 – Year 7
1983
Degree of Constitutionality of Article No: 114 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly – Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgment No: (2) of 1981 issued on 11/7/1981)
Journal of Law
1981
Emergence of the Negative Administrative Decision and its Legal Characteristics
Journal of Administrative Sciences, issued by the Egyptian Division of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences Year 36 – No: 1
1994
Employee’s Duty to be Reserved in Public Behavior
Journal of Law – Issue No: 4 – Year 10
1986
Government Demand for Interpretation of Article No: 99 of the Constitution and the Stance of the Constitutional Court of it
Journal of Laws – the First Edition
2006
Gulf Mother and the Nationality of the Children under Nationality Laws in Gulf Cooperation Council States
Cooperation Magazine (No: 26 – Version of the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States
1992
Judicial Control on the Principle of Proportionality between the Penal Sanction and Functional Breach
Published in the Journal of Law – Issue No: 4 – Year 5
1982
Kuwaiti Constitution Documents 1921-1962
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 24
2000
Legal Nature of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Constitution of Kuwait
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 8
1984
New Functional Systems in Kuwait
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 – Year 3
1979
Political Monitoring of the Government Work During the Period of Dissolution of the Parliament
Journal of Law – Issue No: 2 – Year 15
1991
Rule of Ministerial Counter Signing in the Parliamentary System in Kuwait
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 – Year 9
1985
The Authority of the National Assembly to Modify the Decree Laws Prior to Voting on Them
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 – Year 18
1994
The Concept of Absolute Majority and its Relation with the Election of the Speaker of the National Assembly
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 – Year 22
1998
The Concept of Ministerial Program in the Kuwaiti Constitution
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 20
1997
The Condition of Interest in the Constitutional Proceedings
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1
2000
The Degree of Jurisdiction of the National Assembly’s Consideration of Decree-Laws issued in case of Dissolution
Journal of Law
1994
The Degree of Permissibility of the Legislative Correction of the Administrative Decision Inconsistent with the Constitution
Journal of Law – Issue No: 4 – Year 23
1999
The Extent of Constitutionality of Abstention from Voting, and Suspension of Decisions in the Kuwaiti National Assembly of Kuwait
The Lawyer Magazine
1994
The Extent of Expiration of Administrative Contracts Due to Force Majeure Caused by the Oppressive Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
Journal of Law – Issue No: 3 & 4 – Year 16
1992
The Legal Implications of the Constitutional Court Judgment No. 1/1994
The Lawyer Magazine
1994
The Legal System to Utilize the Industrial Plots
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 12
1988
The Political Responsibility of the Substituting Ministers
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 32
2008
The Unconstitutionality of Retroactive Voting on the Budget Law
The Lawyer Magazine
1995
Towards Advancing the System of Parliamentary Questioning in Kuwait
The Lawyer Magazine
1993
When does Transfer be Considered as a Convincing Disciplinary Penalty – Commentary on Judgment Rendered by the Supreme Court of Appeal in the case No: (129) of 1980 dated 05/27/1981
Journal of Law
1982
When Would Adjudicating on the Constitutional Case Become Essential and Necessary to Determine the Case on Merits?
Commentary on the Appeal no 13/2004 Constitutional – Hearing of 23/05/2005
2005
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Case Studies

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Country / Publication
Date
A Comparative Study on the Right of the Head of State to Veto the Drafts of Laws
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 46
2022
A Comparative Study on the Statute of the International Criminal Court and its Conflict with the Provisions of the Kuwaiti Constitution
Journal of Law – Issue No: 2 – Year 27
2003
Comparative Study on Kuwait Parliament: Origins, Types and Functions
Law Journal – Issue No: 1 – Year 11
1987
Study of the Autonomy of the States of Federal States
Published at Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 4
1980
Study of the Judicial Control over the Constitutionality of Laws and Regulations in the GCC States
Gulf Studies Magazine
1980
Study of the Provisions of Re-Appointment in the Kuwaiti Legislation
Published in the Journal of Law – Issue No: 4 – Year 5
1980
Study of the Scope of the Kuwaiti Law of Civil Service in terms of Persons and Time
Journal of Law
1981
The Advisory Board of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States GCC – A Legal Analytic Study
Summit of Abu Dhabi, the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States on the Verge of the 21st Century – The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Researches (p: 165 – 179)
1998
The Concept of Direct Appeal in the Kuwaiti Constitutional System – An Empirical Study of the Provisions of the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court of Kuwait
Journal of Law – Issue No: 1 – Year 23
1998
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