Constitutional politics in the Middle East : with special reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan / / edited by Said Amir Arjomand.

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Superior document:Onati international series in law and society
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Onati international series in law and society.
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Physical Description:xii, 210 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.