George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane

The Struggle over State Power in Zimbabwe

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role of the law in the constitution and contestation of state power in Zimbabwean history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781107190207
• ISBN-10: 1107190207
• Artikelnr.: 48096136

Autorenporträt

George Karekwaivanane is a Lecturer in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He has previously published in journals including Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute, Politique Africaine and the Journal of Southern African Studies. His article in the Journal of Southern African Studies was awarded the 2011 Terence Ranger Prize, and his Ph.D. thesis was awarded the Audrey Richards runner-up prize by the African Studies Association UK in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Laying down the law: a historical background, 1890
1950; 2. Customising justice and constructing subjects: state, 'customary law' and Chiefs' Courts, 1950
1980; 3. Legislating against dissent: law, race and politics, 1950
1964; 4. Legality without legitimacy: law and politics during UDI, 1965
1980; 5. Intermediaries, intellectuals and translators: African lawyers and the struggles in the legal arena, 1950
1980; 6. Law and transformation: remaking the legal system in postcolonial Zimbabwe, 1980
1990; 7. Continuity and consolidation: law and politics in Zimbabwe, 1980
1990; 8. 'The past as prologue': law and politics in Zimbabwe, 1997
2008; Conclusion; Bibliography.