The 1923 Constitution and Constitutionalism

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K01010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
• Principal Investigator: Ikeda Misako 名古屋商科大学, 国際学部, 教授 (80321024)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: エジプト / 立憲主義 / 民族主義 / 憲法 / 独立 / イギリス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to demonstrate the promulgation of the 1923 Egyptian Constitution as an achievement of constitutionalism that developed within the Egyptian nationalist movement, which began in the late 1870, instead regarding the constitutional achievement in the context of the British declaration of Egypt's independence against the backdrop of the continuing military occupation of the country.
This study demonstrated that the British Declaration of Independence of Egypt specifies the establishment of a post-independence constitutional system. This achievement was due to the proactive involvement of Egyptian nationalists who conducted a series of negotiations with the British. Despite the sharp conflict among the Egyptian nationalists, they were united in their desire for achieving a constitutional system, which led to the promulgation of the 1923 Constitution.

Free Research Field

エジプト近現代史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、これまでの歴史研究において、エジプト民族運動のなかで断片的にのみ語られてきた立憲主義に焦点をあてたこと、1922年憲法はエジプト占領政策を背景にイギリスによって与えられたものではなく、エジプト民族主義者たちが立憲体制の確立をめざし長期にわたって主体的に獲得したことを明らかにしたことにある。社会的な意義としては、近年におけるエジプト民主主義の失敗を強調する論調に対して、さまざまな困難に遭遇しながらも、エジプトには民主主義の実現に向けて歩み続ける１世紀半の政治的伝統があることを示したことにある。