The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan
Informed by the author's extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan, this socio-legal study examines how the Taliban used law and courts to substantiate their claim to embody the state, disseminate their vision of society, and establish local legitimacy.
| Autor: | Baczko, Adam |
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| ISBN: | 9780198896777 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Oxford Academic |
| Veröffentlicht: | 17.11.2023 |
| Untertitel: | Waging War by Law |
| Schlagworte: | Afghanistan Armed Conflict Criminal law: terrorism law HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General International Law LAW / Criminal Law / General LAW / International POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian Terrorism law |
Adam Baczko is CNRS Research Associate Professor at the Centre for International Studies of Sciences Po. He holds a PhD from the EHESS and conducts field-based research on the formation of legal institutions by armed movements and international actors in contexts of armed conflict, with a particular focus on Afghanistan, Syria and Mali. With Gilles Dorronsoro and Arthur Quesnay, he is the co-author of Civil War in Syria: Mobilisation and Competing Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2018).