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Constitutions in a nonconstitutional world : Arab basic laws and the prospects for accountable government /

The collapse of authoritarian regimes and the global resurgence of liberal democracy has led to a renewed interest in constitutions and constitutionalism among scholars and political activists alike. This book uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritaria...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Nathan J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: the purposes of Arab constitutions
  • Introduction: constitutions in a nonconstitutional world
  • Early constitutional documents in the Middle East
  • Constitutions and Arab monarchies
  • Republican constitutions
  • Conclusion to part one: the purposes of Arab constitutions
  • Part two: constitutional possibilities in the Arab world
  • Introduction: constitutions and constitutionalism
  • Parliamentarism and constitutional possibilities in the Arab world
  • Judicial review in Arab constitutional systems
  • Islamic constitutionalism
  • Conclusion: lessons from the Arab constitutional experience.