The introduction of democracy and conflict in modern Egypt: the constitution of 1923 / Matsumoto, Hiroshi -- Debating over land reform: Egypt in the late parliamentary era, 1945-1952 / Ikeda, Misako -- Civil liberties and the making of Iran's first constitution / Janet Afary -- Political culture in the first national assembly of Iran / Hachioshi, Makoto -- The local councils as the origin of the parliamentary system in the Ottoman Empire / Akiba, Jun -- Turkey between Pan-Islamism and Nationalism: the activities of Ahmad Saharif al-Sanusi in Anatolia, 1918-1924

1. Legislative bodies -- Islamic countries
2. Parliamentary practice -- Islamic countries
3. Representative government and representation -- Islamic countries
4. Islam and state