Rule of law intermediaries : brokering influence in Myanmar / Kristina Simion, Australian National University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simion, Kristina, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and societyy.

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rule of law--Burma.

Rule of law.

Legal technical assistance--Burma.

Legal technical assistance.

Burma--Politics and government--1988-.

Burma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Scholars puzzle over the conditions that make rule of law development in authoritarian settings successful. In this significant contribution, focusing on the decade of Myanmar's political transformation, Kristina Simion explores rule of law assistance through the practice and experience of intermediaries, their capital, strategies and challenges. How do intermediaries influence the field, and the ways in which the rule of law is brokered transnationally? And why do they matter? Simion relates her research to law and sociology to bring to light these neglected players, focusing on who they are, the influence they have, their double agency and their crucial importance in establishing trust and translating rule of law. Relying on rich empirical data collected in Myanmar, the book shares the voices of the individuals that help to steer societal change within authoritarian confines. This socio-legal work offers some insights into why rule of law change in authoritarian settings often does not go expected ways, one of the development field's long unresolved issues.

Contents:

Introduction

Between universals and particulars : rule of law as a travelling model

Rule of law intermediaries : who, what, when?

Rule of law assistance : actors and technologies

The emergence of intermediaries

Intermediaries : background, capital, motivations

Intermediaries as trust builders

Intermediaries as translators

Intermediaries' influence, foreign actors' dependence.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-91666-X

1-108-90686-9

1-108-91434-9

OCLC:

1228187120