Date of Birth:     July 2, 1940

Place of Birth:    Irbid – Jordan

Marital Status:   Married

Email:                prof.mohammad@hammourilaw.com

Fax:                    +962-6-5691128

Tel.:                    +962-6-5691112, +962-6-5699590

Education:

• Ph.D., Faculty of law- Cambridge University-England, 1975
• LL.M., Faculty of law-University of Cairo-Egypt, 1969
• LL.B., Faculty of law-University of Cairo-Egypt, 1967
• trainee, (Diploma), the Federal Judicial Institute, Washington-USA, 1985.

Occupations and memberships:

• Professor and Founding Dean of the Faculty of law-University of Jordan, formerly.
• Visiting Scholar-Law School-University of Virginia-USA, formerly.
• Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the Jordanian Government, formerly.
• Minister of Higher Education in the Jordanian Government, formerly.
• Member of the Ministers’ Legal Cabinet Committee of the Jordanian Government, formerly.
• Vice President of the University of Jordan’s Board of Trustees, formerly.
• Member of the International Advisory Board of the University of Hartford- CT, USA, formerly.
• Lecturer – Faculty of Law – University of Freiburg – Switzerland.
• Lecturer at the National Judicial Training Institute of Jordan.
• Member of the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration.
• Advocate and Member of the Jordan Bar Association.
• Member of the Board of Trustees – Arab Anti-Corruption Organization.
• Founder and Chairman of the Law Firm Hammouri & Partners.

Publications:

Author of more than one hundred articles and books in political and constitutional rights, including:

• Temporary Laws Between Constitutional Provisions and Political Sins. Published in the Journal of the Jordanian Bar Association No. 6 for the year 2003, pp. 1-33.
• Democracy of the Constitution, Democracy of Governments and the role of the House of Representatives. Published in the Journal of the Jordanian Bar Association No. 7-9 for the year 2003, pp. 1-32.
• In Defense of Democracy and the Rule of the Constitution, in Arabic language, published in Jordan 2005, 392 pages.
• Duties of Lawyers and Judges in Forcing the Values of Freedoms in the Arab Countries, in Arabic language, published by the Jordan Bar Association, 2007, 75 pages.
• Studies in the Lebanese Scene – The Legal Rights and Political Interest, in Arabic language, published in Lebanon, 2007, 175 pages.
• Rights and Freedoms between Political Whims and Constitutional Requisites, in Arabic language, published in Jordan, 2009, 502 pages.

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