Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring

ISBN-13: 9780198768890 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 320 str.

Nimer Sultany

Opis

An assessment of constitution-making, law, and revolution before and after the Arab Spring. Competing conceptualist approaches to the role of shari'a law in Arab constitutions are explored with a view to evaluating the consequences of different constitutional arrangements, and suggesting possibilities for reform.

Recenzje

Drawing on a wide range of political and constitutional thought, Nimer Sultany uses 'laws deeply ingrained incoherence' as a probe to destabilize familiar dichotomies-such as reform/revolution and continuity/disruption-in theorizing about constitutions, revolutions, and legitimacy. His case studies of Egypt, Tunisia, and other nations caught up in the Arab Spring confirm his perspective's contribution to constitutional theory.

O autorze

Nimer Sultany is Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He holds an SJD from Harvard Law School; an LL.M. from University of Virginia; an LL.M. from Tel Aviv University; and an LL.B. from the College of Management. He was a recipient of the British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and the Baldy Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at SUNY Buffalo Law School.