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Criminal Legalities in the Global South: Cultural Dynamics, Political Tensions, and Institutional Practices
This book presents the work of academics from the Global South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal order and people's perception of it translates into an understanding of what constitutes "criminal" behaviours or activities. It aims to make an important contribution in the development of Southern Criminology.
| Author(s) | Edited by Pablo Ciocchini, George Radics (National University of Singapore, Singapore). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 238 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 18 Sept 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
This book presents the work of academics from the Global South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal order and people's perception of it translates into an understanding of what constitutes "criminal" behaviours or activities. It aims to make an important contribution in the development of Southern Criminology.
Introduction: Reinterpreting Chaos as Diversity: An Alternative Legal Approach from the Global South; Cultural Dynamics; 1. Criminalizing Adultery in Colonial India: Constructing the Wife vs. the "Other" in Islamic Family Law; 2. "First World Problems" in
Pablo Ciocchini is a lecturer at the University of Liverpool in Singapore. He teaches Critical Criminology and Socio-legal Studies. He holds an LLM from the National University of La Plata (Argentina), an MA in the sociology of law from the Onati Internat
