Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony

The Politics of the Legal Complex
Herausgeber: Feeley, Malcolm M.; Karpik, Lucien; Halliday, Terence C.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a theory of political liberalism in the British post-colonies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 815g
• ISBN-13: 9781107682788
• ISBN-10: 1107682789
• Artikelnr.: 40556981

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Liberal-Legal Orders: 1. Emasculating the executive: the federal
court and civil liberties in late colonial India: 1942-4 Rohit De; 2. The
legal complex in the struggle to control police brutality in India Charles
R. Epp; 3. Priests in the temple of justice: the Indian legal complex and
the basic structure doctrine Manoj Mate; Part II. Despotic Orders: 4.
Lawyers, politics and publics: state management of lawyers and legitimacy
in Singapore Jothie Rajah; 5. Lawyers and the disintegration of the legal
complex in Sudan Mark Fathi Massoud; 6. The Sri Lankan legal complex and
the liberal project: only thus far and no more Deepika Udagama; Part III.
Volatile Orders: 7. 'Custodian of civil liberties and justice in Malaysia':
the Malaysian bar and the moderate state Andrew Harding and Amanda Whiting;
8. Liberal protagonists? The lawyers' movement in Pakistan Sadaf Aziz; 9.
Miscarriage of chief justice: judicial power and the legal complex in
Pakistan under Musharraf Shoaib A. Ghias; 10. From judicial autonomy to
regime transformation: the role of the lawyers' movement in Pakistan Daud
Munir; 11. Postcolonial liberalism and the legal complex in Zambia: elegy
or triumph? Jeremy Gould; 12. Legal complexes and the fight for political
liberalism in new African democracies: comparative insights from Malawi,
Zambia and Namibia Peter Von Doepp; 13. Judge and company: courts,
constitutionalism and the legal complex Malcolm M. Feeley.