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As a researcher working within the field of collaborative or 'engaged'
legal and political anthropology in Latin America, law does very much
shape my research agenda and that of most of my colleagues. I would
also contend that anthropology does impact law throughout the region,
although to a much lesser extent. This is most evident in the legalisation,
judicialisation and juridification of indigenous peoples' collective
rights to autonomy and territory in recent decades. Yet, the influence of
anthropology on legal adjudication in the region is not only limited to
issues pertaining to indigenous peoples: engaged applied ethnographic
research is playing an increasingly important role in revealing to legal
practitioners and courts the effects of human rights violations in specific
contexts, and victims' perceptions of the continuums of violence
to which they are subjected.

AbstractThe past four decades have witnessed profound transformations in the Egyptian legal system and in the Egyptian legal profession. Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution now enshrines Islamic jurisprudence as the principle source of law, thus establishing an important symbolic marker at the heart of the state and opening avenues for Islamist activists to press litigation campaigns in the courts. Additionally, the Islamist trend gained prominence within the legal profession, a development that is particularly striking given the long and illustrious history of the Lawyer's Syndicate as a bastion of liberalism. Despite these significant shifts, however, Islamist litigation has achieved only limited legal victories. This article traces the political and socio-economic variables that underlie the Islamist trend in Egyptian law, and examines the impact of Islamist litigation in the Egyptian courts.

Analyzes inconsistencies in the law and suggests a method of apportionment which would eliminate them and bring electoral law into accord with the Constitution.