Editorial

Abstract

At the start of 2014, Tunisia and Egypt acquired new constitutions after adventures that reflect the trajectories to present very differentiated from their transformations. If in the case of Tunisia, the Constitution emerges after two years of discussions sometimes violent and most often passionate, that of Egypt comes replace the fleeting 2012 Constitution put in place by the government Islamist of ex-President Morsi. In the Egyptian case, the referendum serves as popular legitimation for quickly drafted constitutional projects by assemblies appointed by those in power while in the Tunisian case, on the most important articles, it is the whole society whole group that is mobilized to influence the debates and ultimately achieve a consensus. These are therefore two models of constitutional architecture radically different.