Religious Freedom Without the Rule of Law

The Constitutional Odysseys of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq and the Fate of the Middle East
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-53323-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 159 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in International Law / Brill Research Perspectives in Law and Religion

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pin, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staat und Kirche, Religions- und Kirchenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).