University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Egypt

Schaaf (2021), Litigating the Authoritarian State: Lawful Resistance and Judicial Politics in the Middle East

An examination of how citizens in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine use law to resist authoritarianism, revealing that courts can serve as tools of accountability even under repressive regimes.

Reid (1981), Lawyers and Politics in the Arab World

This book traces how lawyers in the Arab world evolved from anti-colonial leaders to marginalized figures under post-independence military regimes, highlighting the shifting intersection of law, politics, and power.