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The Islamic Conception of Justice. By Majid Khadduri. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Pp. xvi, 256. Index. $25; £22.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Joseph L. Brand*
Affiliation:
Of the Ohio and District of Columbia Bars

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Book Reviews and Notes
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1988

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References

1 Popular congresses are the only means to achieve popular democracy. Any system of government other than popular congresses is undemocratic. All the prevailing systems of government in the world today are undemocratic, unless they adopt this method. Popular congresses are the end of the journey of the masses’ movement in its quest for democracy.

Gadaffi, M., The Green Book: The Solution of the Problem of Democracy, “The Authority of the People” 26 Google Scholar (undated).

2 For a discussion of Iran’s legal system today, see Amin, S. H., Middle East Legal Systems (1985)Google Scholar, briefly reviewed at 80 AJIL 1057 (1986).