Clarke, Kamari Maxine, 1966-

Fictions of justice : the International Criminal Court and the ch allenges of legal pluralism in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kamari Maxine Cl arke. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xxv, 322 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in law and society . - Cambridge studies in law and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-306) and index.

Constructing fictions : moral economies in the tribunalization of vi olence -- Crafting the victim, crafting the perpetrator : new spaces of power, new specters of justice -- Multiple spaces of justice : Uganda, the International Criminal Court and the politics of inequality -- "Re ligious" and "secular" micropractices : the roots of secular law, the p olitical content of radical Islamic beliefs -- "The hand will go to hel l" : Islamic law and the crafting of the spiritual self -- Islamic shar ia at the crossroads : human rights challenges and the strategic transl ation of vernacular imaginaries.

9780521717793 (pbk.) 0521717795 (pbk.)

2008-052909


Legal polycentricity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
International and municipal law--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Religion and law--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Criminal law--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

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