Law's fragile state : colonial, authoritarian, and humanitarian legacies in Sudan / / Mark Fathi Massoud.
"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...
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| Superior document: | Cambridge studies in law and society |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 277 p. :; ill., map. |
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| Summary: | "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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107026070 (hardback) 9781107057920 (electronic bk.) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mark Fathi Massoud. |