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

Introduction Said Amir Arjomand Islamic Empires, the Ottoman Empire, and the Circle of Justice Linda T. Darling Islam and Constitutionalism since the Nineteenth Century: The Significance and Peculiarities of Iran Said Amir Arjomand Bargaining and Imposing Constitutions: Private and Public Interests in the Iranian, Afghani, and Iraqi Constitutional Experiments Nathan J. Brown The Respective Roles of Human Rights and Islam: An Unresolved Conundrum for Middle Eastern Constitutions Ann Elizabeth Mayer The Guardian of the Regime: The Turkish Constitutional Court in Comparative Perspective Hootan Shambayati Constitution, Legitimacy and Democracy in Turkey Mehmet Fevzi Bilgin Crafting a Constitution for Afghanistan Barnett R. Rubin From Interim to Permanent Constitution in Iraq Andrew Arato