"Center of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London"--P. [v].

Includes index.

The International, Regional and Egyptian Context -- Judicial Independence, Judicial Review and other Remedies -- Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence in Constitutional Democracies: The Egyptian and American Experiences / Adel Omar Sherif -- Court Authority Necessary for a Democracy: The Doctrine of Inherent Powers and the Fashioning of Remedies / James G. Apple -- Perspectives on the Independence of Judiciaries: Private and Individual Rights / Rya W. Zobel -- Recapturing Democracy in a Modern Age / James Gobert -- The Right to a Judicial Remedy: International Human Rights Standards / David Harris -- Judicial Review as Dialogue / Stephen Livingstone -- Human Rights Abuses and the Protection of Democracy During States of Emergency / Tom Hadden -- Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law -- The Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into the Law of the United Kingdom / Eugene Cotran -- Protecting the Accused and Crime Victims Through an International Consensus on Due Process Guarantees: A Case Study / Michael E. Hartmann -- Do Human Rights Require a Particular Form of Democracy? / Henry J. Steiner -- The Arab League and Human Rights Protection / Ibrahim al-Jazy -- The Politics of Human Rights in Nigeria: An Overview / Attahiru M. Jega -- Judicial Experiments from Egypt -- Recent Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt / Awad Mohammed El-Morr -- The Role of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt in Upholding Democracy and the Rule of Law / Hatem Aly Labib Gabr -- The Judicial Review on the Constitutionality of Legislative Apportionment in Egypt: A Comparative Study / Adel Khalil -- A System of Ordered Liberty / Enid Hill -- Democracy and Development -- Democracy and Development / Ibrahim F.I. Shihata -- Good Governance and Human Rights in Development and Democracy / Alan D. Swanson -- Implementing Children's Rights Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child / Carolyn Hamilton -- Freedom of Religion and Islam -- Freedom of Religion -- Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Conscience, Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Belief as Internationally Protected Rights: What is Agreed and What is not Agreed / Kevin Boyle -- The Freedom of Religion Between Scylla and Charybdis / Wolfgang Bock -- Islam in Russia: Co-operation and Contradictions of Two Civilizations, of Two Legal Systems / Alexei Vassiliev -- Human Rights and Islam -- Human Rights in Islam and the United Nations Instruments / Mohammed Abdel Haleem -- Political Rights and Democracy in Islamic Law / Ibrahim A. Al-Marzouqi -- Muslim Women and Human Rights: The New Generation in Saudi Arabia / Mai Yamani -- Constitutionalism and Islam as a Source of Legislation -- Islamic Constitutionalism in Theory and in Practice / Nathan J. Brown -- Islamic Shari'a and Constitutional Interpretation in Egypt / John Murray, Mohamed El-Molla -- Conformity with Islamic Shari'a and Constitutionality Under Article 2: Some Issues of Theory, Practice and Comparison / Frank E. Vogel -- Protection for Religious Freedom: The Grim Legacy of Zaheeruddin v. State / Ann Elizabeth Mayer.