The rule of law in the Arab world : courts in Egypt and the Gulf / Nathan J. Brown.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Courts -- Arab countries.

Courts -- Egypt.

Courts -- Persian Gulf States.

Rule of law -- Arab countries.

Rule of law -- Egypt.

Rule of law -- Persian Gulf States.

1. Arab courts in comparative perspective

2. The creation and operation of the modern Egyptian legal system, 1876-1937

3. Egyptian courts, 1937-1971 : centralization, authoritarianism and socialism

4. Egyptian courts, 1971-1996: the re-emergence of liberal legality

5. Legal reform in the Arab states of the Gulf

6. The legal system and the rule of law in Kuwait and Qatar

7. Popular uses of the courts

8. Business and the courts.

A penetrating account of the development and operation of the courts in the Arab world is based on fieldwork in Egypt and the Gulf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521030687

xvii, 258 pages ; 23 cm