Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World - Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government

Uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian political regimes.
The collapse of authoritarian regimes and the global resurgence of liberal democracy has led to a renewed interest in constitutions and constitutionalism among scholars and political activists alike. This book uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian regimes and assesses the degree to which such constitutions can be used in the effort to make the regimes more accountable.

About the author

Nathan J. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the Gulf and Peasant Politics in Modern Egypt: The Struggle Against the State.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan J Brown, Nathan J. Brown, Brown Nathan J.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2001
• EAN: 9780791451571
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5157-1
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: SUNY series in Middle Eastern Studies; Suny Middle Eastern Studies; SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Cultural Studies, Rechtsvergleichung, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Islam / General, Politics / Current Events, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LAW / Comparative, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state