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The rule of law in the Arab world : courts in Egypt and the Gulf /

Nathan Brown's penetrating account of the development and operation of the courts in the Arab world is based on fieldwork in Egypt and the Gulf. The book addresses several important questions. Why, for example, did Egypt's political leaders construct an independent judicial system that lim...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Brown, Nathan J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Collection:Cambridge Middle East studies ; 6.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Arab courts in comparative perspective
  • 2. The creation and operation of the modern Egyptian legal system, 1876-1937
  • 3. Egyptian courts, 1937-1971: centralization, authoritarianism, and socialism
  • 4. Egyptian courts, 1971-1996: the reemergence of liberal legality
  • 5. Legal reform in the Arab states of the Gulf
  • 6. The legal system and the rule of law in Kuwait and Qatar
  • 7. Popular uses of the courts
  • 8. Business and the courts.