One Word - Yak Kaleme : 19th-Century Persian Treatise Introducing Western Codified Law / A. A. Seyed-Gohrab, S. McGlinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968- author.

McGlinn, Sen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

One Word - Yak Kaleme is one of the first treatises in the Middle East to demonstrate that Islam is compatible with modern western forms of government, and specifically that sharia principles can be incorporated in a codified law comparable to that found in Europe. Unlike many fellow Oriental travellers, the author observed that European dominance is not derived from a few technological advances, but primarily from the organization of society. In One Word, the author argues that the principles underlying constitutional government can be found in Islamic sources. One Word is a significant text during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906, but its message is relevant today.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100447

ISBN:

9789087282844

OCLC:

746747219

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access