Law, meaning, and violence The jurisprudence of emergency : colonialism and the rule of law
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0472113283
ISBN 13
9780472113286
DDC
340
Category
Other Jurisdictions
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
194 pages
Subject
India
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Abstract
"The Jurisprudence of Emergency analyzes the historical uses of a range of emergency powers, such as the suspension of habeas corpus and the use of military tribunals. Nasser Hussain focuses on the relationship between 'emergency' and the law to develop a subtle new theory of those moments in which the normative rule of law is suspended. The book examines British colonial rule in India from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century in order to trace tensions between the ideology of liberty and government by law, which was used to justify the British presence, and the colonizing power's concurrent insistence on a regime of conquest. The insights developed in The Jurisprudence of Emergency reevaluate the place of colonialism in modern law by depicting the colonies as influential agents in the interpretation and delineation of Western ideas and practices. Hussain's interdisciplinary approach and subtly shaded revelations will be of interest to historians as well as scholars of legal and political theory"--Jacket.
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Contents:
Introduction : the historical and theoretical background -- The colonial concept of law -- The "Writ of Liberty" in a regime of conquest : habeas corpus and the colonial judiciary -- Martial law and massacre : violence and the limit.
Introduction : the historical and theoretical background -- The colonial concept of law -- The "Writ of Liberty" in a regime of conquest : habeas corpus and the colonial judiciary -- Martial law and massacre : violence and the limit.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index.
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