Law, Development and Globalization
About the Book Series
During the past two decades, a substantial transformation of law and legal institutions in developing and transition countries has taken place. Whether prompted by the policy prescriptions of the so-called Washington consensus, the wave of democratization, the international human rights movement or the emergence of new social movements, no area of law has been left untouched. This massive transformation is attracting the attention of legal scholars, as well as scholars from other disciplines, such as politics, economics, sociology, anthropology and history. This diversity is valuable because it promotes cross-disciplinary dialogue and cooperation. It is also important because today the study of law cannot ignore the process of globalization, which is multifaceted and thus calls for inter-disciplinary skills and perspectives. Indeed, as globalization deepens, legal institutions at the national level are influenced and shaped by rules, practices and ideas drawn, imposed or borrowed from abroad.
Law and Society in Latin America: A New Map
1st Edition
Edited
By Cesar Garavito
May 11, 2016
Over the past two decades, legal thought and practice in Latin America have changed dramatically: new constitutions or constitutional reforms have consolidated democratic rule, fundamental innovations have been introduced in state institutions, social movements have turned to law to advance their ...
Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism
1st Edition
By Kirsten McConnachie
September 03, 2015
Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity. Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing that refugee camps should be recognized as spaces where social capital can not only survive, but ...
Justice and Security Reform: Development Agencies and Informal Institutions in Sierra Leone
1st Edition
By Lisa Denney
July 31, 2015
Justice and Security Reform: Development Agencies and Informal Institutions in Sierra Leone undertakes a deep contextual analysis of the reform of the country’s security and justice sectors since the end of the civil war in 2002. Arguing that the political and bureaucratic nature of development ...
Justice Reform and Development: Rethinking Donor Assistance to Developing and Transitional Countries
1st Edition
By Linn A. Hammergren
July 22, 2015
This book explores the objectives pursued in donor programs, the methods used to advance them, and the underlying assumptions and strategies. It emphasizes the unexpected and sometimes unpleasant consequences of ignoring not only political and societal constraints but also advances in our technical...
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Rachel Sieder, John McNeish
July 16, 2015
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives examines the relationship between legal pluralities and the prospects for greater gender justice in developing countries. Rather than asking whether legal pluralities are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for women, the starting point of ...
From the Global to the Local: How International Rights Reach Bangladesh's Children
1st Edition
By Andrea Schapper
June 23, 2015
From the Global to the Local develops a unique perspective on human rights governance in developing countries, where the state often lacks the required resources, capacities and expertise for implementing rights. Considering how rights that have been agreed upon in the global arena of world ...
Land Law Reform in Eastern Africa: Traditional or Transformative?
1st Edition
By Patrick McAuslan
February 26, 2015
Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961 – 2011. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 sets up the conceptual framework for consideration of the reforms, and pursues a contrast between ...
Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform
1st Edition
By George Meszaros
January 06, 2015
Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform investigates how rural social movements are struggling for land reform against the background of ambitious but unfulfilled constitutional promises evident in much of the developing world. Taking Brazil as an example, Social Movements, Law and ...
Policing and Human Rights: The Meaning of Violence and Justice in the Everyday Policing of Johannesburg
1st Edition
By Julia Hornberger
March 13, 2014
Policing and Human Rights analyses the implementation of human rights standards, tracing them from the nodal points of their production in Geneva, through the board rooms of national police management and training facilities, to the streets of downtown Johannesburg. This book deals with how ...
Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice
1st Edition
Edited
By Yves Dezalay, Bryant Garth
December 05, 2012
Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice will show students and scholars what it means in practice to talk about building transnational justice � both on the side of economic regulation and on the side of human rights and humanitarian law. It links national and transnational processes,...
Governance through Development: Poverty Reduction Strategies, International Law and the Disciplining of Third World States
1st Edition
By Celine Tan
April 11, 2012
Governance through Development locates the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) framework within the broader context of international law and global governance, exploring its impact on third world state engagement with the global political economy and the international regulatory norms and ...
Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Yves Dezalay, Bryant Garth
April 11, 2012
Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalization focuses on the national and transnational processes transforming both the rule of law and the role of lawyers. Drawing on detailed empirical work, the contributors all examine the relationship between law, politics, and the state; focusing on ...