In this issue of the International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform, the authors discuss several issues of importance, namely good governance and best practices in legislative drafting.

Dr. Shams Al Din Al Hajjaji walks us through an analysis of the governance of four Islamic countries: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco. He compares and contrasts the extent to which each country imposes an authoritarian or totalitarian regime and the extent to which each government rules through Sharia law or secular law. He highlights that a shared religion is not synonymous with a shared style of governance and offers recommendations for change.