Justice Interrupted

Elizabeth F. Thompson

“Once again, Elizabeth Thompson delivers a first-rate book: original in approach, rich in content, yet readable in style. Rejecting superficial cultural stereotypes, Thompson articulates the importance of the common citizen and the social activist struggling for a more just society during a time of wrenching change. She is inspiring and brilliant, and I will recommend her new book enthusiastically.”—Leila Tarazi Fawaz, author of An Occasion for War: Mount Lebanon and Damascus in 1860

“A major work by an eminent scholar of the Middle East, Justice Interrupted provides a panoramic view of the region’s struggle for justice and constitutional government over the past century and a half. Thompson offers powerful evidence that the pro-democratic aspirations of the Arab Spring have long roots.”—Charles Kurzman, author of The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists

“Thompson boldly tackles some of the thorniest issues in the making of the modern Middle East—constitutionalism, freedom, democracy, visions of justice from across the political spectrum—and lucidly demonstrates how they have been experienced and contested by a broad range of social actors. An urgent and accessible history of ‘ideas in action,’ Justice Interrupted is essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present and possible futures of the entire region.”—Max Weiss, author of In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi’ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon

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