Juridical humanity : a colonial history / / Samera Esmeir

• Autore: Esmeir Samera
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 349.6209/041
• Soggetto topico: Persons (Law) - Egypt - History; Law - Egypt - History
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt History British occupation, 1882-1936; Egypt Colonial influence
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: History; 1. Conquest; 2. Conscripts; Part II: Nature; 3. Wounds; 4. Battles; Part III: Powers; 5. Red Zones; 6. Crisis; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 from the pre-human, endowing modern law with the power to accomplish but never truly secure this transition. Samera Esmeir offers a historical and theoretical account of the colonizing operations of modern law in Egypt. Investigating the law, both on the books and in practice, she undersc
• Titolo autorizzato: Juridical humanity
• ISBN: 0-8047-8314-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807036803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II