Constitutional politics in the Middle East
Subtitle: with special reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan
By: edited by Saïd Amir Arjomand.
Contributors: Arjomand, Said Amir.
Series: Oñati international series in law and society
Publisher: Hart Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford, [England]; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781841137742; 9781841137735
Subjects: Constitutional law -- Middle East.; Constitutional law (Islamic law); Middle East -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Islamic empires, the Ottoman Empire and the circle of justice; title: Islam and constitutionalism since the nineteenth century : the significance and peculiarities of Iran; title: Bargaining and imposing constitutions : private and public interests in the Iranian, Afghani, and Iraqi constitutional experiments; title: The respective roles of human rights and Islam : an unresolved conundrum for Middle Eastern constitutions; title: The guardian of the regime : the Turkish Constitutional Court in comparative perspective; title: Constitution, legitimacy, and democracy in Turkey; title: Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan; title: From interim to 'permanent' constitution in Iraq.