Democracy, Constitutionalism
and the Future State of Palestine
With a Case Study of Women's Rights

Adrien Katherine Wing

PART I: INTRODUCTION

PART II: FACTORS INFLUENCING DEMOCRATIZATION

A. Education

B. Political Pluralization

C. Communitarian/Hierarchial Society

D. Distrust of Authority

E. Multilayered Legal Regime

PART III: CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES

A. Legislative Branch

B. Executive Branch

C. Judiciary

PART IV: CASE STUDY: WOMEN'S RIGHTS

A. The Impact of Custom and Islamic Heritage on Women's Rights

1. Customary Law

2. Islamic Religious Law

B. Constitutional Legal Reforms

1. Islamic Reinterpretation

2. Adoption of International Human Rights Norms

3. Intifada

PART V: CONCLUSION