Constitutional politics in the Middle East :  with special reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan / 
edited by Said Amir Arjomand 
 - Oxford, [England] ;  Portland, Or. :  Hart Pub.,  2008 
 - xii, 210 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Oti international series in law and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Islamic empires, the Ottoman Empire and the circle of justice -- Islam and constitutionalism since the nineteenth century : the significance and peculiarities of Iran -- Bargaining and imposing constitutions : private and public interests in the Iranian, Afghani, and Iraqi constitutional experiments -- The respective roles of human rights and Islam : an unresolved conundrum for Middle Eastern constitutions -- The guardian of the regime : the Turkish Constitutional Court in comparative perspective -- Constitution, legitimacy, and democracy in Turkey -- Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan -- From interim to'permanent' constitution in Iraq. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781841137742 (hardback)  RM291.60 9781841137735 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008-295633 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional law--Middle East<br/>Constitutional law (Islamic law)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Politics and government