Tag: sharia law
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Egypt’s Leap into the Unknown: Article 219 and the Shari`‘a in the Draft Constitution
—Clark B. Lombardi, University of Washington School of Law, and Nathan J. Brown, George Washington University (Posted originally on foreignpolicy.com) If a student of constitutional texts sat down to read the draft Egyptian constitution from beginning to end, he or she would find much of it familiar — the language, structure, and institutions would…