Contending orders : legal pluralism and the rule of law / Geoffrey Swenson.
"Examines how the rule of law is understood conceptually and pragmatically-both on its own terms and as part of post-conflict state-building efforts. It examines thinner, more process-orientated understandings of the rule of law as well as thicker, more substantive conceptualizations with addit...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | "Examines how the rule of law is understood conceptually and pragmatically-both on its own terms and as part of post-conflict state-building efforts. It examines thinner, more process-orientated understandings of the rule of law as well as thicker, more substantive conceptualizations with additional political, social, and economic components. While both approaches are worthwhile, I argue that a minimalist conception of rule of law offers the most appropriate standard for assessing progress in judicial state-building after conflict"-- |
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| Item Description: | Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Oxford, 2015) issued under title: Addressing crises of order : judicial state-building in the wake of conflict. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197530427 9780197530429 0197530435 9780197530436 0197530443 9780197530443 0197530451 9780197530450 |