Calling All the Statesmen: The (Not) Mubarak Trial

Abstract

I read the decision that exonerated ex-Minister of Interior of Egypt and his assistants from the charge of giving orders to kill demonstrators textually. Shortcomings known to lawyers and journalists who were following the case about failure of performance on the part either of prosecutors, lawyers, or the judge overseeing the trial are not considered in my reading. You might call it a close reading — specifically, a reading of the rationalizing language used by the judge writing the decision to explain his verdict.

Keywords: comparative law, Islamic Law, Law in Islamic Countries, criminal law, comparative criminal law

JEL Classification: K33