Comparative study of Islam and the rule of law in Egypt and Iran.

Saïd Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and Director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author and editor of several books, including After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors. Nathan J. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government, also published by SUNY Press.