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An-Najah Constitutional Studies Centre (Hereinafter NCSC) is a new and innovative ‎centre. ‎

The centre focuses particularly on the separation of powers; the scope of legislative, ‎‎executive, and judicial powers and on the structure of constitutional democracy; the ‎‎freedoms of speech, gender studies within constitutional agendas, press, and ‎religion. In ‎sum, the centre is devoted to the development of constitutional building in ‎Palestine. ‎

The NCSC grows out of the long and distinguished desire of An-Najah University to ‎create ‎a new form for constitutional law scholarship and studies. It seeks to carry on ‎this ambition ‎through a programme of conferences, lectures, informal “Constitutional ‎Conversations,” ‎and fellowships.‎

The centre has no politics and takes no sides on controversial cases, but it is ‎committed to ‎the rule of law and the idea that  constitution can be studied and ‎interpreted objectively ‎in light of its text, history, and purposes. It advances this ‎mission through events and ‎activities that foster scholarships, it also generates ‎public discussion, and provides ‎opportunities for students and scholars to engage in ‎analysis of the constitution across the ‎ideological spectrum.‎