TY - BOOK ID - 77896032 TI - Constitutions in a nonconstitutional world : Arab basic laws and the prospects for accountable government PY - 2002 SN - 079148968X 9780791489680 9780791451588 0791451585 0791451585 0791451577 9780791451571 PB - Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, DB - UniCat KW - Constitutional law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77896032 AB - The collapse of authoritarian regimes and the global resurgence of liberal democracy has led to a renewed interest in constitutions and constitutionalism among scholars and political activists alike. This book uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian regimes and assesses the degree to which such constitutions can be used in the effort to make the regimes more accountable. ER -