Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo

Sommario

1. Introduzione: i caratteri del costituzionalismo arabo. – 2. Il contesto arabo-islamico: l’Islam come sistema giuridico complesso. – 3. Le origini del costituzionalismo arabo contemporaneo: la teoria tradizionale dello Stato islamico. – 3.1. Il condizionamento dei modelli occidentali e la nascita dei nazionalismi. – 3.2. Le burocrazie militari e l’ideale della Nazione araba. – 3.3. La crisi dell’arabismo. – 4. Le Costituzioni dei paesi arabi: criteri e modelli di classificazione. – 5. La parabola del costituzionalismo nel contesto arabo-islamico. – 6. Il contesto islamico e la sfida della democratizzazione.

Abstract

An Introduction to the origins of the contemporary Arabic constitutions: the traditional theory of the Muslim State. In the middle of the 19th century constitutions on a western model were imposed on some areas of North Africa and Middle East. With the development of the nationstates and the overcoming of colonial structures, the majority of Arabic countries have assumed, after 1945, constitutions or constitution-like documents as their highest legal authority. Islamic scholars try to recognise the sharia and sources from the formative-period of the Islamic religion as the bias for such laws.The constitutions or basic laws of the Arab countries can hardly be compared regarding their form and content. Religious factors account for these differences only to a certain degree. In addition, political, social, cultural and not least dynastic factors play an important role. Models of classification of the Constitutions of the Arabic countries. The Muslim context and the challenge of the democratization.