Constitutional transformations frequently introduce and open up political spaces for new actors, as was shown during the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ when national movements emerged to demand the removal of long-established authoritarian regimes and instigated a series of institutional power struggles. Subsequent analysis of these events by academics has tended to overlook struggle conducted through and by legal institutions. This article directly addresses this oversight by considering the role of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (scc) in the 2011 uprisings, with specific attention to its influence on the country’s political transformation/s. It seeks to apply new analytical tools that will assist understanding of the position of judicial institutions in the Arab world, their institutional limits and expected functions. It demonstrates how this can be achieved through a closer analysis of the scc’s structure and the factors that shape its current role.

宪政变革经常为新的参与者引入并开放政治空间，正如所谓的“阿拉伯之春”所表明的那样。当时，民族运动出现，要求撤消历史悠久的专制政权，并煽动了一系列机构权力斗争。随后学者对这些事件的分析往往忽略了通过法律机构和由法律机构进行的斗争。本文通过考虑埃及最高宪法法院（scc）在2011年的起义中，特别关注其对国家政治转型的影响。它力求应用新的分析工具，以帮助了解司法机构在阿拉伯世界中的地位，其机构局限性和预期功能。它展示了如何通过对scc的结构以及影响其当前角色的因素进行更深入的分析来实现这一目标。