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Title The rule of law, Islam, and constitutional politics in Egypt and Iran / edited by Saïd Amir Arjomand and Nathan J. Brown
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 326 pages)
Series SUNY series. Pangaea II : global/local studies
SUNY series, Pangaea II.
Contents Shi'ite jurists and the Iranian law and constitutional order in the twentieth century / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- The special courts of the clergy (Dādgāh-e Vizheh-ye Ruhāniyat) and the repression of dissident clergy in Iran / Mirjam Künkler -- The principle of legality in the Iranian constitutional and criminal law / Silvia Tellenbach -- Constitutionalism and parliamentary struggle for relevance and independence in post-Khomeini Iran / Farideh Farhi -- The politics of property in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Kaveh Ehsani -- Legal reforms in Egypt : the rule of law and consolidation of state authoritarianism / Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron -- Selections from the 2007 amendments to the 1971 Constitution / compiled and translated by Dina Bishara -- Rule of law, ideology, and human rights in Egyptian courts / Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid -- Islam in Egypt's cacophonous constitutional order / Nathan J. Brown -- Surviving under rule by law : explaining ideological change in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood during the Mubarak era / Bruce K. Rutherford -- Egypt's 'Ulama in the state, in politics, and in the Islamist vision / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen -- Egypt's constitutional revolution? / Nathan J. Brown
Summary In the early years of the twenty-first century, Egypt and Iran have been beset with demands for fundamental change. This book draws together leading regional experts to provide a penetrating comparative analysis of the ways Islam is entangled with the process of democratization in authoritarian regimes. By comparing Islam and the rule of law in these two nations, one Sunni and Arab-speaking, the other Shi'ite and Persian-speaking, this volume enriches the current debate on Islam and democracy, making for a more nuanced understanding and appreciation of differences with the Muslim world, and provides an indispensible background for understanding the Green movement in Iran since 2009 and the Egyptian revolution of 2011. -- From publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Rule of law -- Iran
Rule of law -- Egypt
Judicial process -- Iran
Judicial process -- Egypt
Constitutional law -- Iran
Constitutional law -- Egypt
Islam and state -- Iran
Islam and state -- Egypt
Human rights -- Egypt
LAW -- Essays.
LAW -- General Practice.
LAW -- Jurisprudence.
LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW -- Practical Guides.
LAW -- Reference.
Constitutional law
Human rights
Islam and state
Judicial process
Rule of law
Egypt
Iran
Form Electronic book
Author Arjomand, Said Amir
Brown, Nathan J
LC no. 2012017399
ISBN 1438445989
9781438445984