Constitutional Politics in the Middle East : With Special Reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.

Half title page -- Title verso -- Title page -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Islamic Empires, the Ottoman Empire and the Circle of Justice -- THE EARLY ISLAMIC ERA -- THE ABBASID ERA -- THE TURCO-MONGOL ERA -- THE ERA OF OTTOMAN REFORM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM -- THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL MODERNISATION -- 2 Islam and Constitutionalism since the Nineteenth Century: the Significance and Peculiarities of Iran -- EARLY CONSTITUTIONALISM AS LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT BY THE LAW -- TRANSFORMATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN PUBLIC LAW: CODIFICATION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, EGYPT AND IRAN -- REVOLUTION, ISLAMIC IDEOLOGICAL CONSTITUTION-MAKING AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW IN IRAN -- IRAN IN COMPARISON WITH AFGHANISTAN -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Bargaining and Imposing Constitutions -- LIBERAL AND LOCAL TRADITIONS -- THEORY AND PRACTICE IN IRAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ -- ATTAINING LEGITIMACY IN AN EVERYDAY POLITICAL WORLD -- 4 The Respective Roles of Human Rights and Islam: an Unresolved Conundrum for Middle Eastern Constitutions -- INTRODUCTION -- AN ERA OF AGGRAVATED TENSIONS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISLAMIC LAW -- INDIGENISING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC STANDARDS OR OPENING THEM TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS? -- MIDDLE EASTERN SECULAR SOCIALIST CONSTITUTIONAL MODELS AND HOW THE EROSION OF SECULARISM AFFECTED RIGHTS PROVISIONS -- SORTING OUT THE ROLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ISLAM IN THE AFGHAN CONSTITUTION AND THE IRAQI TRANSITIONAL LAW AND CONSTITUTION -- CONCLUSION -- 5 The Guardian of the Regime: the Turkish Constitutional Court in Comparative Perspective -- THE TURKISH CONSTITUTION: DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND THE JUDICIALISATION OF TURKISH POLITICS -- THE TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN -- DIVISION OF SOVEREIGNTY AND THE STATE STRUCTURE IN IRAN -- CONCLUSIONS.

6 Constitution, Legitimacy and Democracy in Turkey -- TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL PREDICAMENTS -- RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Crafting a Constitution for Afghanistan -- THE PATH TO LEGITIMACY -- SHOW OF HANDS OR SHOW OF FORCE? -- THE DEBATE OVER PRESIDENTIALISM -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF ISLAM -- ACKNOWLEDGING AFGHAN DIVERSITY -- A GOOD START? -- 8 From Interim to 'Permanent' Constitution in Iraq -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MAKING OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- AN EXCLUSIONARY STATE BARGAIN -- AN EXCLUSIONARY STATE BARGAIN -- FAILURE OF THE STATE BARGAIN AND OPTIONS OF CONSTITUTION MAKING -- COLLAPSE OF CONSENSUAL PROCESS AND SUBMISSION OF A DRAFT -- INSTEAD OF A CONCLUSION -- Index.

This book is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East.

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