Tamir Moustafa

Struggle for Constitutional Power (eBook, PDF)

Law, Politics, and Economic Development in Egypt

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Produktbeschreibung

For nearly three decades, scholars and policymakers have placed considerable stock in judicial reform as a panacea for the political and economic turmoil plaguing developing countries. Courts are charged with spurring economic development, safeguarding human rights, and even facilitating transitions to democracy. How realistic are these expectations, and in what political contexts can judicial reforms deliver their expected benefits? This book addresses these issues through an examination of the politics of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court, the most important experiment in constitutionalism in the Arab world. The Egyptian regime established a surprisingly independent constitutional court to address a series of economic and administrative pathologies that lie at the heart of authoritarian political systems. Although the Court helped the regime to institutionalize state functions and attract investment, it simultaneously opened new avenues through which rights advocates and opposition parties could challenge the regime. The book challenges conventional wisdom and provides insights into perennial questions concerning the barriers to institutional development, economic growth, and democracy in the developing world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511287282
• Artikelnr.: 38212762

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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
Bibliography.