The nation-state’s struggle with liberal individualism on the one hand and the recognition of group rights on the other is well documented in the literatures on constitutionalism, constitution-making, comparative politics and racial/ethnic relations. However, the manner in which…
Based on observational fieldwork and interviews carried out in Boston in ten Islamic community centers and mosques, supplemented by archival research in Suffolk County court records and surveys of relevant literature, this ethnography investigates how various communities and sec…
In this dissertation, I explore the relationship between legal systems, the rule of law, and states' cooperative and conflictual behavior. I analyze how domestic legal systems (common, civil, Islamic, etc.) influence a state's foreign policy behavior towards other states and int…