Religious Freedom without the Rule of Law
The Constitutional Odysseys of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq and the Fate of the Middle East
Seiten
2024
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-53323-3 (ISBN)
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-53323-3 (ISBN)
The book examines the failed attempts to secure religious freedom through the rule of law in the Middle East and argues that consociations would have provided a better option for the constitutional culture of the region.
The volume compares the efforts to instil the values and practices of the rule of law in the Middle East in the early twenty-first century with their disappointing performances in terms of safety, human rights, and, especially, religious freedom. It zooms in on Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq to argue that international interventions and local initiatives underestimated the ethno-religious mosaic of these countries and their political and constitutional culture.
The standard notion of the rule of law values individualism, equality, rights, and courts, which hardly fit the makeup of the Middle East. Securing stability and protecting religious freedom in the region requires compromising on the rule of law; the consociational model of constitutionalism would have better chances of achieving them.
The volume compares the efforts to instil the values and practices of the rule of law in the Middle East in the early twenty-first century with their disappointing performances in terms of safety, human rights, and, especially, religious freedom. It zooms in on Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq to argue that international interventions and local initiatives underestimated the ethno-religious mosaic of these countries and their political and constitutional culture.
The standard notion of the rule of law values individualism, equality, rights, and courts, which hardly fit the makeup of the Middle East. Securing stability and protecting religious freedom in the region requires compromising on the rule of law; the consociational model of constitutionalism would have better chances of achieving them.
Andrea Pin, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Padua and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University (Georgia, USA).
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Religious Freedom and Religious Life in the Middle East
2 The Rule of Law and the Place of Religious Freedom
3 The Constitution of the Middle East and North Africa: the Arab Winter and the Failed Rule-of-Law Interventions
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Brill Research Perspectives in International Law / Brill Research Perspectives in Law and Religion |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 174 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-53323-0 / 9004533230 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-53323-3 / 9789004533233 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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