Contents

Preface

1. The Externally Imposed Revolution and Its Destruction of the Iraqi State

2. Postsovereign Constitution Making:

The New Paradigm (and Iraq)

3. Sistani Versus Bremer:

The Emergence of the Two-Stage Model in Iraq

4. Imposition and Bargaining in the Making of the Interim Constitution

5. The Making of the “Permanent” Constitution

Conclusion

Notes

Index