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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Table of Contents:
  • Lawfare and warfare in Sudan
  • The colonial path to the rule of law, 1898-1956
  • Law in a State of Crisis, 1956-1989
  • Authoritarian legal politics and Islamic law, 1989-2011
  • Law and civil society, 1956-2011
  • Humanitarian legal politics in an authoritarian state, 2005-2011
  • The politics of law promotion : a critical appraisal.