Islamic constitutionalism and rule of law: A constitutional economics perspective

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-85

  Gouda, Moamen ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitution; Constitutionalism; Islam; Rule of Law; Shari'a

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874484101     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-012-9132-5     Document Type: Article

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