Law's fragile state : colonial, authoritarian, and humanitarian legacies in Sudan / Mark Fathi Massoud.

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Massoud, Mark Fathi [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 277 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781107055681
1107055687
9781139199247
1139199242
9781107059184
1107059186
9781107057920
1107057922
9781107440050
110744005X
1107065259
9781107065253
1139891103
9781139891103
1107056802
9781107056800
1107054648
9781107054646

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Law's fragile state.DDC classification:

349.624 23

LOC classification:

KTQ1726 .M37 2013eb

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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.

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"-- Provided by publisher

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"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"-- Provided by publisher