How do a legal order and the rule of law develop in a war-torn state? Using his field research in Sudan, the author uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have used legal tools and resources to promote stability and their own visions of the rule of law amid political violence and war in Sudan. Tracing the dramatic development of three forms of legal politics - colonial, authoritarian and humanitarian - this book contributes to a growing body of scholarship on law in authoritarian regimes and on human rights and legal empowerment programs in the Global South. Refuting the conventional wisdom of a legal vacuum in failed states, this book reveals how law matters deeply even in the most extreme cases of states still fighting for political stability.
| ISBN: | 9781107440050 |
| Publication date: | 8th May 2014 |
| Author: | Mark Fathi University of California, Santa Cruz Massoud |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Law and society, sociology of law |
How do a legal order and the rule of law develop in a war-torn state? Using his field research in Sudan, the author uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have used legal tools and resources to promote stability and their own visions of the rule of law amid political violence and war in Sudan. Tracing the dramatic development of three forms of legal politics - colonial, authoritarian and humanitarian - this book contributes to a growing body of scholarship on law in authoritarian regimes and on human rights and legal empowerment programs in the Global South. Refuting the conventional wisdom of a legal vacuum in failed states, this book reveals how law matters deeply even in the most extreme cases of states still fighting for political stability.
Law's Fragile State features in the following genres: Law and society, sociology of law
Law's Fragile State is available in Paperback
Law's Fragile State was written by Mark Fathi University of California, Santa Cruz Massoud and published by Cambridge University Press
Law's Fragile State has 304 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
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