Reynolds, John, 1981-

Empire, emergency, and international law / John Reynolds. - London : Cambridge, c2017. - xi, 329 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emergency, colonialism, and third world approaches to international law -- Racialisation and states of emergency -- Emergency doctrine : a colonial account -- Emergency derogations and the international human rights project -- Kenya : a "purely political" state of emergency -- The margin of appreciation doctrine : colonial origins -- Palestine : a "scattered, shattered space of exception"? -- Australia : racialised emergency intervention -- International law, resistance, and "real" states of emergency.

9781107172517 (hardback)

2017012108


Emergencies--Law and legislation.
Human rights and international law.
Imperialism.
War and emergency powers.
LAW / International.

K4700 / .R49 2017

342.062 / R4636e

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