
Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring
A Comparative Perspective
Francesco Biagi(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 9. January 2025
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-1-009-53364-5 (ISBN)
Description
How were post-Arab Spring constitutions drafted? What are the most significant elements of continuity and change within the new constitutional texts? What purposes are these texts designed to serve? To what extent have constitutional provisions been enforced? Have the principles of constitutionalism been strengthened compared to the past? These are some of the key questions Francesco Biagi addresses. Constitution Building After the Arab Spring. A Comparative Perspective examines seven national experiences of constitution building in the Arab world following the 2011 uprisings, namely those of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. This interdisciplinary book, based largely on the author's own work and research in the region, compares these seven national experiences through four analytical frameworks: constitution-drafting and constitutional reform processes; separation of powers and forms of government; constitutional justice; and religion, women and non-Muslims within the framework of citizenship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-53364-5 (9781009533645)
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Person
Francesco Biagi is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law in the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna, Deputy Secretary General of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL-AIDC), Research Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, and Legal Consultant at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (Heidelberg). He is the author of European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy (Cambridge University Press 2020).
Content
1. We the People or We the Rulers? Constitution-making and Constitutional Reform Processes; 2. Forms of Government and Distribution of Powers: More Concentration than Separation; Chapter 3. Counter-majoritarian Institutions? The Role of Constitutional Courts and Councils; Chapter 4. Religion, Non-Muslims and Women: The Challenges of Citizenship(s); Conclusions. Constitutional Dissonances.