1979年埃及通过专项立法的形式，设立了具有高度独立性的最高宪法法院。最高宪法法院自设立以来，依据宪法在经济、政治、表达自由等领域做出了一系列判决，推动了埃及的宪政建设。埃及这样的威权国家，设立具有高度独立性的最高宪法法院，一是为了吸引外资，二是为了促进政治转型，三是埃及国内法律界的积极争取，四是埃及时任总统萨达特对自己能控制最高宪法法院的高度自信。
In 1979，Egypt setted up Supreme Constitution Court（SCC）with high independence through special legislation. According to the constitution，SCC had taken a series of decisions in economic，political，freedom of expression fields，etc，promoted development of Egypt’s constitution politics. In authoritarian Egypt，it setted up SCC with high independence，the reasons are as follow：firstly，to attract foreigh investment；secondly，to promote politics transformation；thirdly，Egypt legal profession did hard work for this；finally，President Sadat’s high confidence on himself to take control of SCC.
