Empire, Emergency and International Law

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvJohn Reynolds

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What does it mean to say we live in a permanent state of emergency? What are the juridical, political and social underpinnings of that framing? Has international law played a role in producing or challenging the paradigm of normalised emergency? How should we understand the relationship between imperialism, race and emergency legal regimes? In addressing such questions, this book situates emergency doctrine in historical context. It illustrates some of the particular colonial lineages that have shaped the state of emergency, and emphasises that contemporary formations of emergency governance are often better understood not as new or exceptional, but as part of an ongoing historical constellation of racialised emergency politics. The book highlights the connections between emergency law and violence, and encourages alternative approaches to security discourse. It will appeal to scholars and students of international law, colonial history, postcolonialism and human rights, as well as policymakers and social justice advocates.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-08-10
Mått156 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor342
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107172517

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Foreword; Prologue; Part I. Traditions of the Oppressed: 1. Emergency, colonialism and third world approaches to international law; 2. Racialisation and states of emergency; 3. Emergency doctrine: a colonial account; Part II. Empire's Law: 4. Emergency derogations and the international human rights project; 5. Kenya: a 'purely political' state of emergency; 6. The margin of appreciation doctrine: colonial origins; Part III. The Colonial Present: 7. Palestine: a 'scattered, shattered space of exception'?; 8. Australia: racialised emergency intervention; 9. International law, resistance and 'real' states of emergency; Bibliography.

'John Reynolds explores the development and operation of emergency rule in colonial territories, and the enduring influence of this model on emergency law and, indeed, international law. There is a great deal he illuminates in this book, which combines erudition with superbly clear writing. The book examines 'imperial emergency rule' - it could in fact be termed a global history of imperial emergency rule - and connects together accounts of emergency that are often treated separately: colonial emergencies, the impact of these emergencies on the drafting of international legal instruments, and contemporary settler colonialism. It is by drawing on this range of diverse yet related materials that Dr Reynolds provides such a far-reaching account of the complexities of how emergency law operates, and such an incisive understanding of how it produces resistance from below. Empire, Emergency and International Law is an eloquent and valuable book which provides enduring insights into a pervasive feature of our times.' Antony Anghie, author of Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law