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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Yoram Meital (Professor of Middle East Studies, Professor of Middle East Studies, Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.50cm Weight: 0.664kg ISBN: 9780190600839ISBN 10: 0190600837 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 08 December 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART I - THE LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF A COUP 1. Extraordinary Tribunals in Modern Egypt: A Genealogy 2. Whitewashing a Coup PART II - JUDGES AS HISTORIANS 3. The Revolution's Court 4. Who was Responsible for the 1948 Debacle? 5. Rhetoric and Historical Polemics PART III - TURNING FRIENDS INTO FOES 6. The Advent of the People's Court 7. Officers-Brothers Relations: What Went Wrong? 8. The Trial of the Murshid 9. Trapped between Two Revolutions Appendix I: Decree on the Crime of Treason - Law No. 344 of 1952 Appendix II: Decree on the Establishment of the Revolution's Court (1953) Appendix III: Decree on the Establishment of the People's Court (1954) Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsYoram Meital's Revolutionary Justice: Special Courts and the Formation of Republican Egypt makes one of the most significant incursions into this field for a generation. Barnaby Crowcroft, Times Literary Supplement Revolutionary Justice provides an insightful historical context that explains why Egyptians were denied meaningful self-governance after their two populist revolutions. -- Sahar F. Aziz, Review of Middle East Studies Revolutionary Justice: Special courts and the formation of republican Egypt makes one of the most significant incursions into this field for a generation...Meital's narrative is worth reading for its drama alone... --Times Literary Supplement First-rate....This is essential reading for students of modern Egypt and will prove valuable to historians and social scientists with broad, comparative concerns that include (inter alia) revolution, politicized judiciaries, and ways regimes and nationalist movements develop narratives to legitimize themselves and delegitimize others....Essential. --G. E. Perry, CHOICE This is essential reading for students of modem Egypt and will prove valuable to historians and social scientists with broad, comparative concerns that include (inter alia) revolution, politicized judiciaries, and ways regimes and nationalist movements develop narratives to legitimize themselves and delegitimize others. --CHOICE Author InformationYoram Meital is Professor of Middle East Studies and Head of the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His research focuses on the political, social, cultural, and economic developments in republican Egypt. He has published three books, including Peace in Tatters: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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