Juridical humanity : a colonial history / Samera Esmeir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esmeir, Samera.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persons (Law)--Egypt--History.

Persons (Law).

Law--Egypt--History.

Law.

Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936.

Egypt.

Egypt--Colonial influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804783149

0804783144

OCLC:

793511376