Constitutional law, religion and equal liberty : the impact of desecularization /: the impact of desecularization. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Azin Tadjin.
• Authors: Tadjdini, Azin
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Conceptualizing the issue; Chapter 1 Constitutional but not constitutionalism; 1.1 The politicization of religion and its way into the constitution; 1.2 Equal liberty as a constitutive element of constitutionalism; 1.3 Outline of further study; Chapter 2 Beyond the secular/religious divide; 2.1 Religion as a constitutional language; 2.1.1 "Islamic constitutionalism"; 2.1.2 Political Islam and constitutional desecularization; 2.1.3 The politicization of religion and fundamentalism 2.2 Exclusive constitutional developments and external aims2.2.1 State religions as external aims; 2.2.2 Non-religious external aims; 2.2.3 External aims and limitations on equal liberty; Part II Constitutional developments and the development of constitutionalism; Chapter 3 The object of constitutions and constitutionalism; 3.1 Constitutionalism as a normative ideal and as a process; 3.1.1 Central features of constitutionalism; 3.1.2 Equal liberty as the justification for political authority; 3.1.3 Shift from state-centered to individual-centered sovereignty 3.1.4 Constitutional rights and limitations to equal liberty3.2 The development towards constitutional secularity in theory and practice; 3.2.1 Constitutional secularity as a principle of governance; 3.2.2 Constitutional secularity as an idea; 3.2.3 Constitutional secularity in constitutional developments; 3.2.4 Constitutional secularity and international human rights law; Part III The past, the present, and the perhaps: constitutional desecularization in context; Chapter 4 Political change and constitutional change in Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq; 4.1 The constitutional past 4.1.1 The 20th-century constitutional developments4.2 The constitutional present: the scope of equal liberty; 4.2.1 Form of government; 4.2.2 The restraining principle and the source of law provision; 4.2.3 The interpretation of the restraining principle; 4.2.4 Non-discrimination and equality provisions; 4.2.5 Institutional aspects of the adjudication of rights; 4.2.6 Constitutional amendments; 4.2.7 Constitutional rights provisions; Chapter 5 The formal regulation of freedom of thought, expression, and political participation in the Afghan, Iranian, and Iraqi constitutions; 5.1 Afghanistan 5.2 Iran5.3 Iraq; Chapter 6 Conclusions; References; 1.1 National constitutions and legislation; 1.2 International conventions; 1.3 UN Expert Bodies; 1.4 Selected UN Reports; 1.5 Books, articles, and other literature; 1.6 Encyclopedia; 1.7 Reports; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Subjects: 342; Constitutional law; LAW -- General; LAW -- Civil Rights; LAW -- Comparative; Constitutional law; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429578694; 0429578695; 9780429199516; 0429199511; 9780429576584; 0429576587; 9780429574474; 0429574479
• Related ISBNs: 0367188643; 9780367188641
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