Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan

by Mark Fathi Massoud

Book Overview

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 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110744005X
• ISBN13: 9781107440050
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"