Judges and generals in the making of modern Egypt : how institutions sustain and undermine authoritarian regimes / Mahmoud Hamad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamad, Mahmoud, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Egypt.

Justice, Administration of.

Politics and government.

History.

Authoritarianism.

Generals.

Judges.

Political questions and judicial power.

Egypt.

Political questions and judicial power--Egypt.

Judges--Egypt.

Generals--Egypt.

Authoritarianism--Egypt.

Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.

Egypt--Politics and government--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Why do authoritarian regimes survive? How do dictators fail? What role do political institutions play in these two processes? Many of the answers to these questions can be traced to the same source: the interaction between institutions and preferences. Using Egypt as a case study, Professor Mahmoud Hamad describes how the synergy between judges and generals created the environment for the present government and a delicate balance for its survival. The history of modern Egypt is one of the struggle between authoritarian governments, and forces that advocate for more democratic rights. While the military has provided dictatorial leaders, the judiciary provides judges who have the power to either support or stymie authoritarian power. Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt provides a historically grounded explanation for the rise and demise of authoritarianism, and is one of the first studies of Egypt's judicial institutions within a single analytical framework.

Contents:

The historical legacies and the institutional culture of the Egyptian Judiciary

Nasser's Egypt : charisma, populism, and the attacks on judicial independence

The years of Sadat : crisis, regime survival, and the awakening of judicial activism

Judicial politics under Mubarak : judges and the fall of the Pharaoh

The SCAF, the courts, and Islamists : judges and the political transition

Mursi and the judiciary : the self-fulfilling prophecy

Patricians and Plebeians : the chief justice paves the road to the general

Old wine in a new bottle : Sisi, judges, and the restoration of the Ancien Régime.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108559393

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