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Muhammad Azeem - Law, State and Inequality in Pakistan: Explaining the Rise of the Judiciary - 9789811038440 - V9789811038440
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Law, State and Inequality in Pakistan: Explaining the Rise of the Judiciary

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Description for Law, State and Inequality in Pakistan: Explaining the Rise of the Judiciary Hardback. Series: International Law and the Global South. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JP; JPH; JPSN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Through a detailed historical and empirical account of post-independence years, this book offers a new assessment of the role of the judiciary in Pakistani politics. Instead of seeing the judiciary as helpless or struggling against an authoritarian state, it argues that the judiciary has been a crucial link in the creation of state and political inequality in Pakistan. This rubs against the central role given to the judiciary in developing countries to fix the `corrupt politicians and stubborn bureaucracies' in the World Bank's `Good Governance' paradigm and rule of law initiatives. It also challenges the contemporary legal and judicial discourse ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Condition
New
Series
International Law and the Global South
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811038440
SKU
V9789811038440
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About Muhammad Azeem
Muhammad Azeem is assistant professor at Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan, where he teaches `Labour Law,' `Critical Legal Theory,' as well as `International Law from the South: A Critical Perspective to Decolonize.' He has published multiple books on political economy in Urdu and was a political activist in subaltern sectors, particularly ... Read more

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