Comparison between the constitution of Medina and the constitution of the United States
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2014
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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This present master dissertation aims to shed light on the constitution of medina which is known as Sahifat Al-Medina as one of the most important historical documents not only in the Islamic History but also the world History. In order to prove that the Constitution of Medina is the oldest and the shortest written constitution, we have first to prove that it is a constitution by arguing that it is neither a charter nor a proclamation. In the other side, we find the Western model is the principal source for legislation in the arabic and Islamic world. In fact, the constitution of the United States is presented as the oldest and the shortest written constitution in the world. In front of this, we see that an analytical and a comparative study between the two constitutions is necessary to extract the reasons that made the american constitution an example to be followed. Furthermore, we attempt to demonstrate the existence of some Islamic roots in the american constitution
The theory of deconstruction was applied on both the constitution of medina and the american constitution to reveal some of the tribal features in the Medinian pluralistic society, and to cover the ambiguity in some articles of the US constitution. Additionally, we attempt to project the "Chaos Theory" using the simple and the double pendulums on the notions of democracy and deconstruction in order to identify the referring point in both: the islamic and the american political systems.
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American constitution, Medina : histoire