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Constitutional Politics in the Middle East: With special reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan
Author(s): Said Amir Arjomand (Editor), Rosemary Hunter (Series Editor), David Nelken (Series Editor)
- Publisher: Hart Publishing
- Publication Date: January 15, 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 222 pages
- ISBN-10: 184113774X
- ISBN-13: 9781841137742
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
“…the unique feature of this book is that it is one of the first, or even the first, which describes the constitutional development in a large variety of Islamic, Middle Eastern countries in a broad comparative perspective, highlighting peculiarities, similarities, and problems of the different legal systems…not only does the compilation give great insight into constitutional development in the region, but it also provides innovative parallels between various constitutional systems, which have scarcely been noticed…hitherto…it is highly advisable for anyone working on the public and constitutional law of the region to read this book.” ―Ramin Moschtaghi, European Journal of International Law, Vol 20, No 2
“…both important and [welcome] because it sheds light on the murky spaces in the constitutionalism discourse and dispels many myths about Islam…By comparing Iran’s constitutional experience with that of its neighbor, Afghanistan, Arjomand sharpens our understanding of the central questions of the role and potential of Islam in effecting social change…by insightfully capturing the complexity and challenges of constitution-making in the Middle East, the book lives up to its editor’s hope that its topic indeed “deserves the same attention as other salient contemporary trends.”” ―Vijayashri Sripati, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol 30
About the Author
Rosemary Hunter FacSS is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Founding Head of Law at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University, UK. She is a feminist socio-legal scholar with particular interests in family law and family justice processes, judging and the judiciary, and access to justice. She has published widely on these topics in both Australia (where she began her academic career) and the UK. With Anne Barlow, she was a member of the ESRC-funded Mapping Paths to Family Justice project, which resulted in their prize-winning book, Mapping Paths to Family Justice: Resolving Family Disputes in Neoliberal Times (Barlow, Hunter, Smithson and Ewing, 2017). Rosemary has been the Academic Member of the Family Justice Council since 2016 and leads the Council’s Domestic Abuse Working Group. She is also a member of the Private Law Working Group and the Ministry of Justice’s Expert Panel on Harm in the Family Courts. She is a former Chair of the SLSA and a former Council member of JUSTICE.
David Nelken is Professor of Comparative and Transnational Law and past Vice-Dean for Research at King’s College London, UK. Widely published in sociology of law and in criminology, he has received awards from the American Sociological Association, the American Society of Criminology, the International Sociological Association, and the (USA) Law and Society Association. He has twice been a Trustee of the LSA and Vice-President of the RSCL.
