| Description |
1 online resource (594 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: History; 1. Conquest; 2. Conscripts; Part II: Nature; 3. Wounds; 4. Battles; Part III: Powers; 5. Red Zones; 6. Crisis; Epilogue; Reference Matter; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In colonial Egypt, the state introduced legal reforms that claimed to liberate Egyptians from the inhumanity of pre-colonial rule and elevate them to the status of human beings. These legal reforms intersected with a new historical consciousness that distinguished freedom from force and the human from the pre-human, endowing modern law with the power to accomplish but never truly secure this transition. Samera Esmeir offers a historical and theoretical account of the colonizing operations of modern law in Egypt. Investigating the law, both on the books and in practice, she underscores the cent |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Persons (Law) -- Egypt -- History
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Law -- Egypt -- History
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Colonial influence.
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Law.
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Persons (Law)
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Egypt -- History -- British occupation, 1882-1936.
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Egypt -- Colonial influence
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Egypt.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804783149 |
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0804783144 |
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