Tamir MoustafaThe Struggle for Constitutional Power
Law, Politics, and Economic Development in Egypt
Tamir Moustafa is Associate Professor of International Studies and Jarislowsky Chair in Religion and Cultural Change at Simon Fraser University. His research stands at the intersection of comparative law and courts, religion and politics,and state-society relations, all with a regional focus on the Middle East. He was the recipient of the Edward S. Corwin Award for the Best Dissertation in Public Law from the American Political Science Association (2004) and the Best Dissertation Award from the Western Political Science Association (2004).
1. Introduction: law versus the state
2. The politics of domination: law and resistance in authoritarian states
3. The establishment of the Supreme Constitutional Court
4. The emergence of constitutional power (1979-90)
5. The rapid expansion of constitutional power (1991-7)
6. Executive retrenchment and an uncertain future (1998-2005)
7. Law, development, and democracy: a critical appraisal
Appendix A. SCC justices and commissioners
Appendix B. Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Appendix C. Law 49/1979 governing the Supreme Constitutional Court
Appendix D. Figures on Supreme Constitutional Court rulings
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