This book will be useful to scholars, political activists, journalists and others interested in law, politics, and social change. In focusing on the conditions under which judicial decisions intended to help the relatively disadvantaged are implemented, it raises questions about public interest litigation, social movements and law, and judicial activism.

Constitutions, Religion and Politics in Asia presents a detailed comparative study on how constitutional clauses on religion operate in three religiously plural societies. Shah explains the origins of these clauses and examines how they have been interpreted and enforced, demonstrating the unintended and adverse consequences on religious freedom.

Reconstructing Rights will appeal to several audiences because of its deliberative-partnership thesis, including public law scholars for its social-scientific approach to the study of legal doctrine; legal scholars because it challenges broadly held commitments to judicial supremacy; and area-specialists for its cross-national investigation of equality rights.

This book details the conditions leading to the failure of constitution making and constitutional reform in Turkey, and offers lessons that can be applied elsewhere. It will appeal to scholars and students of constitutional politics and be valuable supplementary reading for undergraduate and graduate courses in Turkish studies.