Revolutionary Justice
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-060083-9 (ISBN)
Yoram Meital charts the crucial events of Egyptian Revolution both within and outside the courtroom. The tribunals' transcripts, which constitute the prime source of his study, offer a rare glimpse of the dialogue between parties that held conflicting views. While "show trials" against political dissidents are generally considered of little historical value, Revolutionary Justice lucidly shows that the rhetoric generated by Egypt's special courts played a crucial role in the denouement of political struggles, the creation of new historical trends, and the shaping of both the regime and the opposition's public image. The deliberations at the courtroom reinforced the prevailing emergency atmosphere, helping the junta advance its plans for a new dispensation. On the other hand, the responses of defendants and witnesses during the trial exposed weaknesses in the official hegemonic narrative. Paradoxically, oppositional views that the regime tirelessly endeavored to silence were tolerated and recorded in the courtroom.
Yoram 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.
Acknowledgments
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
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 20.11.2016 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 236 x 165 mm |
Gewicht | 664 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-060083-7 / 0190600837 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-060083-9 / 9780190600839 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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