Samera Esmeir: 2 books
Juridical Humanity
A Colonial History
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
In colonial Egypt, the state introduced legal reforms that claimed to liberate Egyptians from the inhumanity of pre-colonial rule and elevate them to the status of human beings. These legal reforms intersected with a new historical consciousness that distinguished freedom from force and the human...
Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places
Justice Beyond and Between
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
An impressive line-up of leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines – law, but also anthropology, rhetoric, literature, history, geography, and race and ethnic studies.