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Judges and Political Reform in Egypt
Bernard Maugiron Nat
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If justice in the Arab world is often marked by a lack of autonomy of the judiciary toward the executive power, one of the characteristic features of the Egyptian judiciary lies in its strength and activism in the defense of democratic values. Judges have been struggling for years to enhance their independence from the executive power and exercise full supervision of the electoral process to achieve transparent elections. Recent years have seen growing tensions in Egypt between the judiciary and the executive authority. In order to gain concessions, judges went as far as to threaten to boycott the supervision of ... Read more
If justice in the Arab world is often marked by a lack of autonomy of the judiciary toward the executive power, one of the characteristic features of the Egyptian judiciary lies in its strength and activism in the defense of democratic values. Judges have been struggling for years to enhance their independence from the executive power and exercise full supervision of the electoral process to achieve transparent elections. Recent years have seen growing tensions in Egypt between the judiciary and the executive authority. In order to gain concessions, judges went as far as to threaten to boycott the supervision of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167010
SKU
V9789774167010
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Ref
99-15
About Bernard Maugiron Nat
Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron is director of research at the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement and co-director of the Institut d'Etudes de l'Islam et des Societes du Monde Musulman (IISMM) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris.
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