Legal Orientalism

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Comparative, History, Asian, China, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Teemu Ruskola ISBN: 9780674075788
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Teemu Ruskola
ISBN: 9780674075788
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English
After the Cold War, how did China become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the U.S positioned itself as the chief exporter of the rule of law? Teemu Ruskola investigates globally circulating narratives about what law is and who has it, and shows how “legal Orientalism” developed into a distinctly American ideology of empire.
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After the Cold War, how did China become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the U.S positioned itself as the chief exporter of the rule of law? Teemu Ruskola investigates globally circulating narratives about what law is and who has it, and shows how “legal Orientalism” developed into a distinctly American ideology of empire.

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