Empire, emergency and international law / John Reynolds.
2017
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Empire, emergency and international law / John Reynolds.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Description
1 online resource (xi, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Formatted Contents Note
Emergency, colonialism, and third world approaches to international law
Racialisation and states of emergency
Emergency doctrine : a colonial account
Emergency derogations and the international human rights project
Kenya : a "purely political" state of emergency
The margin of appreciation doctrine : colonial origins
Palestine : a "scattered, shattered space of exception"?
Australia : racialised emergency intervention
International law, resistance, and "real" states of emergency.
Racialisation and states of emergency
Emergency doctrine : a colonial account
Emergency derogations and the international human rights project
Kenya : a "purely political" state of emergency
The margin of appreciation doctrine : colonial origins
Palestine : a "scattered, shattered space of exception"?
Australia : racialised emergency intervention
International law, resistance, and "real" states of emergency.
Summary
What does it mean to say we live in a permanent state of emergency? What are the juridical, political and social underpinnings of that framing? Has international law played a role in producing or challenging the paradigm of normalised emergency? How should we understand the relationship between imperialism, race and emergency legal regimes? In addressing such questions, this book situates emergency doctrine in historical context. It illustrates some of the particular colonial lineages that have shaped the state of emergency, and emphasises that contemporary formations of emergency governance are often better understood not as new or exceptional, but as part of an ongoing historical constellation of racialised emergency politics. The book highlights the connections between emergency law and violence, and encourages alternative approaches to security discourse. It will appeal to scholars and students of international law, colonial history, postcolonialism and human rights, as well as policymakers and social justice advocates.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9781316779095 ebook
9781107172517 (hardback)
9781316623886 (paperback)
9781107172517 (hardback)
9781316623886 (paperback)
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