Constitutional politics in the Middle East : with special reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan /

This book is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East. The historical background and setting are fully explored in two substantial essays by Linda Darling and Saïd Amir Arjomand, placing the contemporary experience in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Arjomand, Said Amir
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2008.
Colección:Oñati international series in law and society.
Temas:
Constitutional law > Middle East.
Constitutional law (Islamic law)
Droit constitutionnel (Droit islamique)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
Constitutional law
Politics and government
Constitutionalisme.
Middle East > Politics and government.
Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement.
Middle East
Midden-Oosten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Islamic empires, the Ottoman Empire and the circle of justice
  • Islam and constitutionalism since the nineteenth century : the significance and peculiarities of Iran
  • Bargaining and imposing constitutions : private and public interests in the Iranian, Afghani, and Iraqi constitutional experiments
  • The respective roles of human rights and Islam : an unresolved conundrum for Middle Eastern constitutions
  • The guardian of the regime : the Turkish Constitutional Court in comparative perspective
  • Constitution, legitimacy, and democracy in Turkey
  • Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan
  • From interim to 'permanent' constitution in Iraq.

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