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Cited by 210Peacebuilding and International SecurityPolitical Conflict and GovernanceWar, Law, and Justice

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Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan

Massoud, Mark Fathi·2013·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9781139199247
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How do a legal order and the rule of law develop in a war-torn state? Using his field research in Sudan, the author uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have used legal tools and resources to promote stability and their own visions of the rule of law amid political violence and war in Sudan. Tracing the dramatic development of three forms of legal politics - colonial, authoritarian and humanitarian - this book contributes to a growing body of scholarship on law in authoritarian regimes and on human rights and legal empowerment programs in the Global South. Refuting the conventional wisdom of a legal vacuum in failed states, this book reveals how law matters deeply even in the most extreme cases of states still fighting for political stability.

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Authors
Massoud, M. F.
Affiliations
University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
Corresponding author
Massoud, Mark Fathi
ORCID
Massoud, Mark Fathi
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2013-05-27
DOI
10.1017/cbo9781139199247
OpenAlex
W4250395077
Cited by
208
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0
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
FWCI
8.10
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 9 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › War, Law, and Justice
Keywords
rule of law, legal politics, authoritarian regimes, international humanitarian law, legal empowerment, failed states, legislative gaps, postcolonial governance, foreign aid, political violence, Sudan

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