Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2011
Editor(s)
Kevin Jon Heller and Markus D. Dubber
ISSN
978080475758
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
This chapter presents the substantive criminal law of Egypt according to the sources of that law: the 1971 Constitution, the 1937 Penal Code, and other legislation; decisions by the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), the Court of Cassation, and other organs of the Egyptian judiciary; and administrative and executive regulations. The evolution of modern Egyptian criminal law is explained, and contemporary scholarly commentary is referenced; also addressed are the constitutional amendments of 2007, and controversial aspects of the law and its enforcement such as the use of emergency and military courts and the prosecution of alleged homosexuals. The chapter thus serves as an introduction to modern Egyptian criminal law and a reference source for scholars and researchers.
Recommended Citation
Sadiq Reza,
Criminal Law: Egypt
,
in
The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law
179
(Kevin Jon Heller and Markus D. Dubber ed.,
2011).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2553
