Postcolonial legality: Law, power and politics in Zambia

Jeremy Gould

doi:10.4324/9780429198984

Postcolonial legality: Law, power and politics in Zambia

Jeremy Gould

Global Development Studies

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Abstract

This book interrogates the ideology and practices of liberal constitutionalism in the Zambian postcolony. The analysis focuses on the residual, political and governmental effects of an imperial form of power, embodied in the person of the Republican president, termed here, prerogativism. Through systematic, long-term ethnographic engagement with Zambian constitutional activists – lawyers, judges, and civic leaders – the study examines, how prerogativism has shaped the post, colonial political landscape and limited the possibilities of constitutional liberalism.

Original language	English

Place of Publication	London and New York
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Number of pages	340
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4724-8908-1, 978-1-032-28830-7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-429-19898-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429198984
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	C1 Scientific book

Fields of Science

513 Law
socio-legal studies
Legal anthropology
political anthropology
African studies

Access to Document

10.4324/9780429198984

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