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Law's fragile state : colonial, authoritarian, and humanitarian legacies in Sudan /
"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, practices, and resources to promote stability and their own...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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, practices, 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"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107055681 1107055687 9781139199247 1139199242 9781107059184 1107059186 9781107057920 1107057922 9781107440050 110744005X 1107065259 9781107065253 1139891103 9781139891103 1107056802 9781107056800 1107054648 9781107054646 |