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020 _a9781009284776 (ebook)
020 _z9781009284721 (hardback)
020 _z9781009284738 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aK3171
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100 1 _aDesai, Deval,
_d1984-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aExpert ignorance :
_bthe law and politics of rule of law reform /
_cDeval Desai, University of Edinburgh.
264 1 _aCambridge, United Kingdom ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource (xx, 266 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in transnational law
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jun 2023).
506 0 _aOpen Access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Ignorance and the practice of rule of law reform -- Projecting the rule of law -- Performing the rule of law -- Law and politics of rule of law performances -- Historicising rule of law performances -- The sociology of rule of law performers -- Conclusion.
520 _aToday, a transnational constellation of 'rule of law' experts advise on 'good' legal systems to countries in the Global South. Yet these experts often claim that the 'rule of law' is nearly impossible to define, and they frequently point to the limits of their own expertise. In this innovative book, Deval Desai identifies this form of expertise as 'expert ignorance'. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Desai draws on insights from legal theory, sociology, development studies, and performance studies to explore how this paradoxical form of expertise works in practice. With a range of illustrative cases that span both global and local perspectives, this book considers the impact of expert ignorance on the rule of law and on expert governance more broadly. Contributing to the study of transnational law, governance, and expertise, Desai demonstrates the enduring power of proclaiming what one does not know. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
650 0 _aRule of law.
650 0 _aLaw reform.
650 0 _aLaw and economic development.
650 0 _aExpertise
_xSocial aspects.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781009284721
830 0 _aCambridge studies in transnational law.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009284776
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