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| Desc: | LAW & REVOLUTION IN MODERN EGYPT - Debates over legal reform, juridical status, and the place of Islam in public life have been crucial markers of successive political regimes and revolutions in Egypt since the start of the nineteenth century. From the implementation of the Tanzimat and Napoleonic code to the rewritings of the national constitution after the January 25, 2011 revolution, Egyptian governments and citizens have incorporated variations of Islamic law into Egyptian legal codes and practice. We will examine the changes in many of the following arenas: personal status/family law, nationality laws (and Capitulations), laws governing pious endowments, constitutional law, laws governing non-Muslims, land laws, commercial and criminal law, drug trafficking laws, human rights law, emergency laws, and the procedures of consular courts and police investigations. Readings will include studies of legal change, social movements, and historical events during the period, as well as a variety of primary sources, including legal debates, Islamic legal texts, press writings and satire, shari`a and consular court records, and government reports. Thematic concerns include the role of legal change in revolution, law in the writing of history, gender and women's status, the nature of political change, religion and secularization, cosmopolitanism, and the structure of minority communities in Egypt. Course assignments and discussions will focus on honing writing, reading, and discussion skills necessary to the craft of history.
3 units. Prerequisites: See Headnote. Modern, Middle East |
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