Postcolonial Legality Law Power And Politics In Zambia

Author : Jeremy Gould
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429581645
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postcolonial Legality: Law, Power and Politics in Zambia written by Jeremy Gould and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book interrogates the ideology and practices of liberal constitutionalism in the Zambian postcolony. The analysis focuses on the residual political and governmental effects of an imperial form of power, embodied in the person of the republican president, termed here prerogativism. Through systematic, long-term ethnographic engagement with Zambian constitutionalist activists – lawyers, judges and civic leaders – the study examines how prerogativism has shaped the postcolonial political landscape and limited the possibilities of constitutional liberalism. This is revealed in the ways that repeated efforts to reform the constitution have sidelined popular participation and thus failed to address the deep divide between a small elite stratum (from which the constitutional activists are drawn) and the marginalized masses of the population. Along the way, the study documents the intimate interpenetration of political and legal action and examines how prerogativism delimits the political engagements of elite actors. Special attention is given to the reluctance of legal activists to engage with popular politics and to the conservative ethos that undermines efforts to pursue a jurisprudence of transformational constitutionalism in the findings of the Constitutional Court. The work contributes to the rising interest in applying socio-legal analysis to the statutory domain in postcolonial jurisdictions. It offers a pioneering attempt to deconstruct the amorphous and ambivalent assemblage of ideas and practices related to constitutionalism through detailed ethnographic interrogation. It will appeal to scholars, students and practitioners with an interest in theorizing challenges to political liberalism in postcolonial contexts, as well as in rethinking the methodological toolbox of socio-legal analysis.

Author : Ryan Shaffer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538159988
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures written by Ryan Shaffer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-06 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a group of international scholars, The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures provides the first review of intelligence cultures in every African country. It explores how intelligence cultures are influenced by a range of factors, including past and present societal, governmental and international dynamics. In doing so, the book examines the state’s role, civil society and foreign relations in shaping African countries’ intelligence norms, activities and oversight. It also explores the role intelligence services and cultures play in government and civil society.

Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047069291X
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society written by Austin Sarat and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society is an authoritative study of the relationship between law and social interaction. Thirty-two original essays by an international group of expert scholars examine a wide range of critical questions. Authors represent various theoretical, methodological, and political commitments, creating the first truly global overview of the field. Examines the relationship between law and social interactions in thirty-three original essay by international experts in the field. Reflects the world-wide significance of North American law and society scholarship. Addresses classical areas and new themes in law and society research, including: the gap between law on the books and law in action; the complexity of institutional processes; the significance of new media; and the intersections of law and identity. Engages the exciting work now being done in England, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, South Africa, Israel, as well as "Third World" scholarship.

Author : Upendra Baxi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107116406
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law's Ethical, Global and Theoretical Contexts written by Upendra Baxi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary perspectives on law through Twining's scholarly work and with a focus on ethical, global and theoretical contexts.

Author : Moeen Cheema
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108831885
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Courting Constitutionalism written by Moeen Cheema and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a deeply contextualized account of public law and judicial review in Pakistan.

Author : Nico Krisch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108843069
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Entangled Legalities Beyond the State written by Nico Krisch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows that law it is often better understood as an entangled web rather than as a coherent, orderly system.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137064609
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chiefs in South Africa written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the ongoing resurgence of traditional power structures in South Africa. Oomen assesses the relation between the changing legal and socio-political position of traditional authority and customary law and what these changes can teach us about the interrelation between law, politics, and culture in the post-modern world.

Author : Victor V. Ramraj
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052176890X
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emergency Powers in Asia written by Victor V. Ramraj and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does, and should, legal, political, and constitutional norms play in constraining emergency powers, in Asia and beyond.

Author : George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108119093
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Struggle over State Power in Zimbabwe written by George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The establishment of legal institutions was a key part of the process of state construction in Africa, and these institutions have played a crucial role in the projection of state authority across space. This is especially the case in colonial and postcolonial Zimbabwe. George Karekwaivanane offers a unique long-term study of law and politics in Zimbabwe, which examines how the law was used in the constitution and contestation of state power across the late-colonial and postcolonial periods. Through this, he offers insight on recent debates about judicial independence, adherence to human rights, and the observation of the rule of law in contemporary Zimbabwean politics. The book sheds light on the prominent place that law has assumed in Zimbabwe's recent political struggles for those researching the history of the state and power in Southern Africa. It also carries forward important debates on the role of law in state-making, and will also appeal to those interested in African legal history.

Author : Leo P. Chall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociological Abstracts written by Leo P. Chall and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.