Socio-Legal Studies - International Law & Politics

This work is the first to assess the legality and impact of colonisation from the viewpoint of Aboriginal law, rather than from that of the dominant Western legal tradition. It begins by outlining the Aboriginal legal system as it is embedded in Aboriginal people’s complex relationship with their an..

Addressing trials, reparations and amnesties, as well as truth commissions, Transitional Justice, Peace and Democracy systematically addresses the experiences of four very different contemporary transitional justice cases: post-authoritarian Uruguay and Peru and post-conflict Rwanda and Angola. Demo..

Addressing trials, reparations and amnesties, as well as truth commissions, Transitional Justice, Peace and Democracy systematically addresses the experiences of four very different contemporary transitional justice cases: post-authoritarian Uruguay and Peru and post-conflict Rwanda and Angola. Demo..

Many critical theorists talk and write about the day after the revolution, but few have actually participated in the constitution of a revolutionary government. Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs was a freedom fighter for most of his life. He then played a major role in the negotiating committee for the n..

In a consolidated democracy, amnesties and pardons do not sit well with equality and a separation of powers; however, these measures have proved useful in extreme circumstances such as transitions from dictatorships to democracies. Focusing on Spain, this book analyses its transition, from 1936 to t..

Between Indigenous and Settler Governance addresses the history, current development and future of Indigenous jurisdiction in four settler-colonial nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States...

This book investigates the birth of the European individual as a juridical problem. Inspired by Foucault’s story of the modern subject, this book considers the encounter between legal and other practices within a more general field of juridical power: a network of active relations, between different..

Drawing empirically on the now notorious case of Australia, this book pursues a range of theoretical perspectives – including Foucault’s work on power, the systems theory of Niklas Luhmann, and the cybernetic ethics of Heinz Von Foerster – in order to formulate an account of the thoroughly construct..

Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the ‘Past’? addresses how reparations might be obtained for the legacy of the trans Atlantic slave trade...

Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the ‘Past’? addresses how reparations might be obtained for the legacy of the trans Atlantic slave trade...

In an era marked by processes of economic and political integration that are arguably unprecedented in their range and impact, the translation of law has assumed a new significance. Can legal rules carry identical normative implications in more than one language? Can law achieve uniformity despite n..

Cosmopolitan Justice and its Discontents provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the legal and ethical implications of cosmopolitanism...