The Edge of Law explores the spatial implications of establishing a new legal institution in the wake of violent conflict. Using the example of the establishment of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alex Jeffrey argues that legal processes constantly demarcate a line of inclusion and exclusion: materially, territorially and corporally. In contrast to accounts that have focused on the judicial outcomes of these transitional justice efforts, The Edge of Law draws on long-term fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina to focus on the social and political consequences of the trials, tracing the fraught mechanisms that have been used by international and local political elites to convey their legitimacy. This book will be of interest to socio-legal and geographical scholars working in the fields of transitional justice, legal systems, critical geopolitics and criminology.

The Edge of Law: Legal Geographies of a War Crimes Court (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

Jeffrey, Alex

Criminal Law

Cambridge University Press

Geographical Thought (Critical Geographies (Paperback))

Geographical Thought provides a clear and accessible introduction to the key ideas and figures in human geography. The book provides an essential introduction to the theories that have shaped the study of societies and space. Opening with an exploration of the founding concepts of human geography in the nineteenth century academy, the authors examine the range of theoretical perspectives that have emerged within human geography over the last century from feminist and marxist scholarship, through to post-colonial and non-representational theories. Each chapter contains insightful lines of argument that encourage readers towards independent thinking and critical evaluation.  Supporting materials include a glossary, visual images, further reading suggestions and dialogue boxes.

Geographical Thought: An Introduction to Ideas in Human Geography

Politics & Social Sciences

Nayak, Anoop

Social Sciences

Routledge

Revised and updated, this is a new edition of a core undergraduate resource on political geography. Unique in the teaching literature, Political Geography retains its focus on the social and cultural, while systematically giving an overview of the entire discipline. Comprehensive, accessible, illustrated with real worlds examples, Political Geography provides undergraduates with a thorough understanding of the relationship between geography and politics.

Political Geography

Painter, Joe

Politics & Government

Sage Publications Ltd.

The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance understanding of state building.Provides a major contribution to recent academic debates as to the nature of the state after violent conflict, and offers invaluable insights into state building Introduces the idea of state improvisation, where improvisation refers to a process of both performance and resourcefulness Uses the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu to explore how powerful agencies have attempted to present a coherent vision of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the conflict 1992-5 Advances our understanding of the Bosnian state by focusing on the practices of statecraft fostered in the post-Dayton era Research based on four periods of residential fieldwork in Bosnia, which allowed a detailed analysis of political practices in the country

The Improvised State: Sovereignty, Performance and Agency in Dayton Bosnia (RGS-IBG Book Series)

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Wiley/Blackwell

The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance understanding of state building.  Provides a major contribution to recent academic debates as to the nature of the state after violent conflict, and offers invaluable insights into state building  Introduces the idea of state improvisation, where improvisation refers to a process of both performance and resourcefulness  Uses the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu to explore how powerful agencies have attempted to present a coherent vision of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the conflict 1992-5  Advances our understanding of the Bosnian state by focusing on the practices of statecraft fostered in the post-Dayton era  Research based on four periods of residential fieldwork in Bosnia, which allowed a detailed analysis of political practices in the country

The Improvised State: Sovereignty, Performance and Agency in Dayton Bosnia

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