Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Oxford, 2015) issued under title: Addressing crises of order : judicial state-building in the wake of conflict. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Understanding the challenge -- The rule of law after conflict -- Understanding and engaging pluralist legal orders -- From competition to cooperation : state-building in Timor-Leste -- Cooperation and exclusion : international support in Timor-Leste -- From competition to combat : state-building in Afghanistan -- International subsidization of a rentier state in Afghanistan -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Examines how the rule of law is understood conceptually and pragmatically-both on its own terms and as part of post-conflict state-building efforts. It examines thinner, more process-orientated understandings of the rule of law as well as thicker, more substantive conceptualizations with additional political, social, and economic components. While both approaches are worthwhile, I argue that a minimalist conception of rule of law offers the most appropriate standard for assessing progress in judicial state-building after conflict"-- Provided by publisher.
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