the common roots of Western and Islamic constitutionalism /
Jeremy Kleidosty, University of Jyv�askyl�a, Finland.
Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
[2015]
230 pages ;
24 cm.
Rethinking political and international theory
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of St Andrews, 2013) issued under title: A comparative assessment of constitutionalism in Western and Islamic thought.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
Constitutional Conversations : Alternative models for the challenge of civilizational conflict -- Western Constitutionalism : Universal Norms or Contingent Cultural Concepts -- From Medina to Runnymede : Comparing the Foundational Legacies of the Constitution of Medina and the Magna Carta -- Comparing Constitutionalisms : Is there an Islamic Constitutionalism? -- Constitutional Conversations- The Fusing of Political Tradition in Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi's The Surest Path -- The Arab Spring- Constitutional Thought in Contested Political Space, Questions and Conclusions.