Institutional Legal Reform in Kuwait after 2011: The Paradoxes of Establishing Rule of Law amidst Authoritarian Upgrading
In 2015, Law 12 legislated for the establishment of family courts for the first time in the modern history of Kuwait. The reflections and experiences of stakeholders—judges, lawyers, and administrators—surrounding this law are here contextualized from three perspectives: (1) as an institutional mean...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Hawwa
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 357-395 |
IxTheo Classification: | KBL Near East and North Africa XA Law ZC Politics in general |
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B Family law B Women B legal reform B Jaʿfari court B centralization of power B Rule of law B Kuwait B upgrading of authoritarianism B Family Court |
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