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Egypt's New Constitution: The Islamist Difference, Lama Abu-Odeh Jan 2013

Egypt's New Constitution: The Islamist Difference, Lama Abu-Odeh

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The paper discusses the distributional impact of the rules of the new Egyptian constitution (2012). It specifically addresses the way such rules, substantive and (potentially) procedural, can influence Egyptian law's identity and the underlying relations between the state and individuals and among individuals themselves that such identity implies.


Methodological Challenges In Comparative Constitutional Law, Vicki C. Jackson Jan 2010

Methodological Challenges In Comparative Constitutional Law, Vicki C. Jackson

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

My talk today, Methodological Challenges in Comparative Constitutional Law, has two parts. The first part focuses on the relationship between the purposes of comparison and the methodological challenges of comparison. The second part asks whether there are particular methodological challenges in comparative constitutional law as compared with other comparative legal studies.