Opposing the rule of law : how Myanmar's courts make law and order /

"The rule of law is a political ideal today endorsed and promoted worldwide. Or is it? In a significant contribution to the field, Nick Cheesman argues that Myanmar is a country in which the rule of law is 'lexically present but semantically absent'. Charting ideas and practices from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cheesman, Nick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Burma.
Rule of law > Burma.
Règle de droit > Birmanie.
LAW > General.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Rule of law
Burma
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. How law and order opposes the rule of law
  • 2. Ordering law in the colony
  • 3. Reordering law in the postcolony
  • 4. Subsuming law to order
  • 5. Embodying the law and order ideal
  • 6. Performing order, making money
  • 7. Through disorder, law and order
  • 8. Speaking up for the rule of law
  • 9. Against quietude.

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