Socio-Legal Studies - International Law & Politics

Taking seriously the rights to culture and to self-determination contained in the Treaty of Waitangi, in many comparable jurisdictions, and also in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this book make the case for an Indigenous court founded on Indigenous conceptions of..

This collection refreshes the scholarly and public discourse relating to the Treaty of Waitangi and makes a significant contribution to the international discussion of Indigenous-State relations and reconciliation. ..

With contributions from critical legal theory, international law, critical anthropology, politics, philosophy and Indigenous history, this volume pursues a cross-disciplinary analysis of the international legal exclusion of Indigenous Peoples, and of its relationship to global injustice. Beyond the ..

While there has been much discussion about whether criminal trials can aid reconciliation, the extent to which they actually do so in practice remains under-explored. This book investigates the relationship between criminal trials and reconciliation, through a particular focus on the International C..

In a context in which security sector reform has become a pervasive development strategy, Justice and Security Reform considers the necessity and difficulty of engaging with informal (as well as formal) actors in this context, whilst assessing the impact of this engagement on the effectiveness of de..

In a context in which security sector reform has become a pervasive development strategy, Justice and Security Reform considers the necessity and difficulty of engaging with informal (as well as formal) actors in this context, whilst assessing the impact of this engagement on the effectiveness of de..

This book explores the impact of three decades of donor-sponsored judicial reform in developing countries, and suggests how future efforts might be improved. Responding to a recently articulated thesis, Linn Hammergren argues that claims of the failure of justice reform programs are vastly overstate..

Legal thought and practice in Latin America has changed dramatically in the last two decades. Various processes have not only radically altered the institutional landscape of the region, but also produced academic and practical innovations that are of global interest. Law and Society in Latin Americ..

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book analyses the central significance of law in the design and operation of Soviet economic, political, and social institutions. In short, Scott Newton argues here that the Soviet order was a work of law. And, in arguing that it was an exemplary, rather than..

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book analyses the central significance of law in the design and operation of Soviet economic, political, and social institutions. In short, Scott Newton argues here that the Soviet order was a work of law. And, in arguing that it was an exemplary, rather than..

This book examines the role of law as a tool of memory politics in the efforts of various contemporary societies to work through the traumas of their past. It explores how law has become so central in processes of constituting the past as a series of injustices that need to be rectified and can alle..

Law in the Pursuit of Development critically explores the relationships between contemporary principles and practice in law and development. _x000D_  ..