BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6764-4f5513e6848cf4305f377f924acb3ed9@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T154921Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T193000 SUMMARY:\"Special Courts and the Formation of Authoritarianism in Egypt\" by Pro fessor Yoram Meital DESCRIPTION:\nThis lecture analyzes the critical role that the state&rsq uo\;s justice system filled following the July 1952 revolution. It discu sses the military-backed government&rsquo\;s intensive use of decrees\, laws\, and constitutional declarations during the transition stage of th at revolution\, and analyzes the crucial role played by a pair of two sp ecial tribunals - The Revolution&rsquo\;s Court and The People&rsquo\;s Court - in the formation of an authoritarian regime that would reign wel l into the next century. These special courts were dissolved at the end of the 1950'\;s. However\, the long -standing Egyptian practice of ad judicating citizens before special courts (all were conferred with excep tional powers) would reach new heights in the decades to come. Thousands of the regime&rsquo\;s adversaries&mdash\;the majority of whom were mem bers of the Muslim Brothers\, but also liberals and communists&mdash\;we re prosecuted within the framework of these special tribunals. The wides pread use of these tribunals\, including the military variety\, turned t his exception into the rule.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu. edu/event/special_courts_and_the_formation_of_authoritarianism_in_egypt_ by_professor_yoram_meital/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This lecture an alyzes the critical role that the state’s justice system filled fo llowing the July 1952 revolution. It discusses the military-backed gover nment’s intensive use of decrees, laws, and constitutional declara tions during the transition stage of that revolution, and analyzes the c rucial role played by a pair of two special tribunals - The Revolution&r squo;s Court and The People’s Court - in the formation of an autho ritarian regime that would reign well into the next century. These speci al courts were dissolved at the end of the 1950's. However, the long -standing Egyptian practice of adjudicating citizens before special cou rts (all were conferred with exceptional powers) would reach new heights in the decades to come. Thousands of the regime’s adversaries&mda sh;the majority of whom were members of the Muslim Brothers, but also li berals and communists—were prosecuted within the framework of thes e special tribunals. The widespread use of these tribunals, including th e military variety, turned this exception into the rule.

For more details: http s://events.la.psu.edu/event/special_courts_and_the_formation_of_authorit arianism_in_egypt_by_professor_yoram_meital/

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