George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane

The Struggle over State Power in Zimbabwe

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role of the law in the constitution and contestation of state power in Zimbabwean history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9781316640333
• ISBN-10: 1316640337
• Artikelnr.: 59329082

Autorenporträt

George Karekwaivanane is a Lecturer in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He has previously published in journals including Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute, Politique Africaine and the Journal of Southern African Studies. His article in the Journal of Southern African Studies was awarded the 2011 Terence Ranger Prize, and his Ph.D. thesis was awarded the Audrey Richards runner-up prize by the African Studies Association UK in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Laying down the law: a historical background, 1890-1950
2. Customising justice and constructing subjects: state, 'customary law' and Chiefs' Courts, 1950-1980
3. Legislating against dissent: law, race and politics, 1950-1964
4. Legality without legitimacy: law and politics during UDI, 1965-1980
5. Intermediaries, intellectuals and translators: African lawyers and the struggles in the legal arena, 1950-1980
6. Law and transformation: remaking the legal system in postcolonial Zimbabwe, 1980-1990
7. Continuity and consolidation: law and politics in Zimbabwe, 1980-1990
8. 'The past as prologue': law and politics in Zimbabwe, 1997-2008
Conclusion
Bibliography.