caa a22 4500 606167943 CHVBK 20210128100705.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11127-015-0237-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11127-015-0237-z The rule of law and constitutionalism in Muslim countries [Elektronische Daten] [Jerg Gutmann, Stefan Voigt] Recently, several Muslim countries have ratified new constitutions. In this paper, we ask two questions: first, whether Muslim influence has a discernible impact on the content of such constitutions and, second, whether it has an impact on constitutional reality. More precisely, we are interested in the consequences of Islam for institutions securing the rule of law, while taking competing socioeconomic, geographic, and historical explanations explicitly into account. To this end, we construct a new Islamic State Index to measure the influence that Islam has on a society and its political and legal system. We find that Muslim influence is in conflict with the independence of the judiciary and nondiscriminatory legal institutions with respect to gender. Yet, parliamentary power as well as the protection of property rights and religious minorities are not significantly more constrained in Islamic states after we control for alternative explanations. Competing explanations such as the size of oil rents fare rather poorly in explaining differences in important aspects of the rule of law. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Islam nationallicence Shari'a nationallicence Rule of law nationallicence Constitutionalism nationallicence Endogenous constitutions nationallicence Muslim countries nationallicence Gutmann Jerg Institute of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg, Johnsallee 35, 20148, Hamburg, Germany aut Voigt Stefan Institute of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg and CESifo, Johnsallee 35, 20148, Hamburg, Germany aut Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 162/3-4(2015-03-01), 351-380 0048-5829 162:3-4<351 2015 162 11127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0237-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0237-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gutmann Jerg Institute of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg, Johnsallee 35, 20148, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Voigt Stefan Institute of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg and CESifo, Johnsallee 35, 20148, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 162/3-4(2015-03-01), 351-380 0048-5829 162:3-4<351 2015 162 11127