Dawood Ahmed, Muhammad Zubair Abbasi (University of Bradford)

Democracy Under God

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the origins and role of Islam in constitutions of Muslim-majority states. It explains how and why Islam became constitutionally entrenched in some states and expands on the relationship between colonialism, constitutional Islam, secularism and human rights.

Produktdetails

• Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9781316610572
• ISBN-10: 1316610578
• Artikelnr.: 65690385

Autorenporträt

Dawood Ahmed is a research fellow at the Comparative Constitutions Project and has worked with the United Nations and the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law on constitutional design projects. He has published several journal articles on public international law and constitutional Islam and has authored opinion pieces for the popular press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. 1. Islamic constitutionalism: origins and present
2. What is an Islamic constitution?
Part II. 3. Constitutional Islamisation and Islamic supremacy clauses
4. Case studies
Part III. 5. Islamic supremacy clauses and rights ¿ Islamic review in practice
Conclusion.