Nimer Sultany is a
Palestinian citizen of Israel, the author of two books on the situation of Palestinian citizens of that country, and a work on constitutional theory and Arab countries. He is a regular contributor to
The Guardian[1] and
Jadaliyya.[2]
In 2017 Oxford University Press published his major theoretical study Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring,[5][6] which was awarded the inaugural ICON-S book prize in 2018.[7]
Law and Revolution
Sultany's book is divided into three parts. In each, revolutions are examined in terms of a concept of legitimacy, legality and constitutionalism.[8] His starting point is analyse and challenge
Nathan Brown's view that the dominant polity of the Arab world is one of "constitutions without constitutionalism".[a][9]
Notes
^"Over the past century and a half, the Arab world has grown rich in constitutions – documents that spell out the basic legal framework for governing – without growing richer in constitutionalisms-limited and accounted government. Basic laws have proliferated but few Arab governments have been restricted in their authority by them." (
Brown 2012, p. xiv)
Sultany, Nimer (2003). Citizens Without Citizenship: Israel and the Palestinian Minority, 2000-2002. Haifa: Mada al-Carmel Arab Center for Applied Social Research.
ISBN978-9-659-05731-3.
Sultany, Nimer (2005). Israel And the Palestinian Minority 2004. Mada al-Carmel Arab Center for Applied Social Research.
ISBN978-9-657-30802-8.
Sultany, Nimer (Winter 2012). "The Making of an Underclass: The Palestinian Citizens in Israel". Israel Studies Review. 27 (2): 190–200.
JSTOR41804808.