The Yemen Arab Republic (al-djumhūriyya ‘al-arabiyyaal-yamaniyya) was previously an absolute hereditary monarchy ruled by a theocratic and temporal Head of State, known as Imam. On the death of the Imam in September 1962, a revolution broke out which succeeded in replacing the monarchy by a revolutionary regime, known as the Republic of Yemen. The Republic…
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Husain M. Al-Baharna,
“Yemen Arab Republic”, in:
International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law Online, Edited by: U. Drobnig, R. David, H. H. Egawa, R. Graveson, V. Knapp, A. T. Von Mehren, Y. Noda, S. Rozmaryn, V. M. Tschchikvadze, H. Valladão, H. Yntema, K. Zweigert.
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