Constitution Writing Religion and Democracy 1st Edition by Aslı U Bali,Hanna Lerner ISBN 1107070511 978-1107070516

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ISBN 10: 1107070511 

ISBN 13: 978-1107070516

Author: Aslı Ü. Bâli, Hanna Lerner 

 What role do and should constitutions play in mitigating intense disagreements over the religious character of a state? And what kind of constitutional solutions might reconcile democracy with the type of religious demands raised in contemporary democratising or democratic states? Tensions over religion-state relations are gaining increasing salience in constitution writing and rewriting around the world. This book explores the challenge of crafting a democratic constitution under conditions of deep disagreement over a state’s religious or secular identity. It draws on a broad range of relevant case studies of past and current constitutional debates in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and offers valuable lessons for societies soon to embark on constitution drafting or amendment processes where religion is an issue of contention.

Table of contents: 

• Contributors

• Acknowledgements

• Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: Constitution Writing and Religion under Limited Sovereignty

• Chapter 2: The Curious Case of Religion in the Norwegian Constitution

• Chapter 3: Religion and the Japanese Constitution

• Chapter 4: Constitution-Making and Religion in West Germany in the Shadow of State Failure

Part II: Postcolonial French-Influenced Constitution Writing and Religion

• Chapter 5: Secularism in a Sectarian Society? The Divisive Drafting of the 1926 Lebanese Constitution

• Chapter 6: The Constitution of a “Laïc” African and Muslim Country – Senegal

• Chapter 7: Constitution Writing and Religious Divisions in Turkey

Part III: Postcolonial South Asian Constitution Drafting and Religion

• Chapter 8: Constitutionalism, Islamic Law, and Religious Freedom in Post-Independence Indonesia

• Chapter 9: Cross-Cutting Rifts in Constitutions and Minority Rights – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

• Chapter 10: Islamic Law in an Islamic Republic – What Role for Parliament?

Part IV: Constitution Writing and Religion in the Contemporary Middle East

• Chapter 11: Constitutional Impasse, Democracy, and Religion in Israel

• Chapter 12: Islam and Constitutionalism in the Arab World – The Puzzling Course of Islamic Inflation

• Chapter 13: The Politics of Sacred Paralysis – Islam in Recent Moroccan and North African Constitutions

• Chapter 14: Dancing by the Cliff – Constitution Writing in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia (2011–2014)

Part V: Lessons from the Cases

• Chapter 15: Designing Constitutions in Religiously Divided Societies

• Index

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