You might also like

Availability alert

More about Rule of Law After War and Crisis

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

Book synopsis

Rule of law has emerged as an essential objective in assistance to post-conflict and post-crisis societies such as Somalia, Kosovo, Liberia and Egypt. This has led to a host of externally promoted programmes and projects on law reform, constitutional development and judicial training, and security sector transformation. Through UN Security Council resolutions and other means of conditionality, the rule of law is not simply promoted in post-conflict and crisis settings, but also enforced. A failure to adhere to the rule of law can result in donors withholding funds and political support. The employment of the concept as a standard and condition in state-building has national legal and political consequences. Clarity in communication on the rule of law is of great importance. This book provides a critical analysis of past and current rule of law promotion, and argues that despite past experiences of development and technical assistance, rule of law reform in war-torn and crisis societies operates in an autonomous field where best practices and lessons learned are rarely or only superficially acknowledged. Furthermore, there is a need for a reorientation of rule of law assistance to the core values of the concept in order to retain its independent and 'analytical bite', and to develop criteria that can guide reformers in the field. The author provides a comparative and systematic overview of how rule of law promotion has been put into effect and identifies challenges and opportunities for enhancing and strengthening norms, ideologies and methods for legal and judicial reform after war and crisis.

Book details

Book category Books in English Law Jurisprudence & general issues Law & society

• Full title: Rule of Law After War and Crisis
• Subtitle: Ideologies, Norms and Methods
• Author: Richard Zajac Sannerholm
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 276
• EAN: 9781780680088
• ISBN: 1780680082
• ID: 04843351
• Publisher: Intersentia Ltd
• Weight: 678 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 165 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. February 2012

Trending among others

---

---

---