Arab Constitutionalism : the coming revolution /

Arab Constitutionalism : the coming revolution /

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Author / Creator:	Al-Ali, Zaid, 1977- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Description:	1 volume
Language:	English
Subject:	Constitutional law -- Arab countries. Constitutional law (Islamic law) -- Arab countries. Law reform -- Arab countries. Constitutional law. Constitutional law (Islamic law) Law reform. Arab countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12595584

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ISBN:	9781108429702 110842970X 9781108453271 1108453279 9781108570824 9781108573429 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Protests and reform. Ten years ago, millions of protesters in over a dozen countries took to the streets to demand radical change. In many cases, their purpose was to force long standing dictators from office and to establish a democracy. In others, they demanded reform and clear action against corruption. Each country set a path of its own, but if there was one point of agreement between all actors it was that constitutional reform was an absolute necessity. What followed was the greatest concentration of constitutional reform efforts in the world since the end of the Cold War. Through this process, twelve out of the region's twenty countries either replaced their constitutions or amended them within just a few years, some more than once. In some countries, dictators who were about to be toppled promised constitutional reform, before ultimately ceding power to allow others to manage that process on their own. In others, chief executives organised constitutional reform efforts themselves, always carefully framing the scope of reform to a few limited issues. In addition, at least two other countries were deeply impacted by the protest movement and seriously contemplated constitutional reform efforts of their own"--
Other form:	Online version : Al-Ali, Zaid. Arab Constitutionalism Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108570824

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Summary:	After the 2011 uprisings started in Tunisia and swept across the Arab region, more than a dozen countries amended their constitutions, the greatest concentration of constitutional reform processes since the end of the Cold War. This book provides a detailed account and analysis of all of these developments. Individual accounts are provided of eight different reform processes (including Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Sudan), with particular focus on the historical context, the political dynamics, the particular process that each country followed and the substantive outcome. Zaid Al-Ali deconstructs the popular demands that were made in 2011 and translates them into a series of specific actions that would have led to freer societies and a better functioning state. A revolution did not take place in 2011, but it is inevitably part of the region's future and Arab Constitutionalism explores what that revolution could look like.
Physical Description:	1 volume
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781108429702 110842970X 9781108453271 1108453279 9781108570824 9781108573429 (ebook)