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Constitutionalism in Islamic countries [electronic resource] : between upheaval and continuity / edited by Rainer Grote and Tilmann J. Rèoder.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 730 p.).ISBN: 9780190259921 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Constitutional law -- Islamic countries
| Constitutional law (Islamic law) | Law -- Islamic influencesAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199759880DDC classification: 340.59 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume examines the question of whether something similar to an 'Islamic constitutionalism' has emerged out of the political and constitutional upheaval witnessed in many parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Southern Asia in order to identify its defining features and to assess the challenges it poses to established concepts of constitutionalism. This book offers an integrated analysis of the constitutional experience of Islamic countries, drawing on the methods and insights of comparative constitutional law, Islamic law, international law, and legal history.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume examines the question of whether something similar to an 'Islamic constitutionalism' has emerged out of the political and constitutional upheaval witnessed in many parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Southern Asia in order to identify its defining features and to assess the challenges it poses to established concepts of constitutionalism. This book offers an integrated analysis of the constitutional experience of Islamic countries, drawing on the methods and insights of comparative constitutional law, Islamic law, international law, and legal history.
Description based on print version record.