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

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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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Massoud, Mark Fathi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Subjects:
Rule of law > Sudan > History.
Law > Political aspects > Sudan > History.
Islamic law > Sudan > History.
Sudan > Politics and government > History.
Human rights > Sudan.
Authoritarianism > Sudan.
Authoritarianism
Human rights
Islamic law
Law > Political aspects
Politics and government
Rule of law
Sudan
History
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.

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