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Aug 24, 2020 · Law is both a culprit and a potential remedy. It makes colonialism ‘speakable and unspeakable’ at the same time. 46 It has been used to legitimize empire and colonial exploitation. Throughout colonial history, natural law and ethnic and racial distinctions were used to legitimize colonialism.
- Carsten Stahn
- 2020
Sep 22, 2016 · This chapter argues that focusing upon the practices, as opposed to the ideologies, of the rule of law in the context of British colonialism can illuminate how the rule of law functions in shaping international political orders.
Oct 23, 2020 · This article focuses on the difficulties encountered by socio-legal researchers in approaching questions on law and history, with particular reference to choosing adequate methodologies. Drawing on her personal experience in researching colonial laws and questions on indigeneity, the author outlines established lines of thought while suggesting ...
- Nandini S. Boodia-Canoo
- 2020
Overall, one of the book's strengths lies in making race speakable. In particular, it shifts attention from the state as the central agent of international criminal law to an understanding of perpetrator agency and the role that racial othering plays in political and racialised violence.
With repartition as its prevalent feature, and considering the sparsity of underlying, common legal principles, colonial legal practice did not condense into what may be referred to as ‘international colonial law’. Yet, colonization gradually shifted the focus of international law away from Europe.
Law School he has been visiting professor at several US universities where he has taught Comparative Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and Zimbabwe): University of Cape Town Press/Juta
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This thesis explores how colonial race discourse shapes the application and scope of the complementarity principle in international criminal law (ICL).
