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Author Siddique, Osama.

Title Pakistan's experience with formal law : an alien justice / Osama Siddique.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Note Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Harvard Law School, 2011), under the title: An alien justice : Pakistan's experience with formal law : a historical, sociological and institutional review.
Contents The hegemony of heritage : the ǹarratives of colonial displacementʹ and the absence of the past in Pakistani reform narratives -- Law in practice : the Lahore District Courts litigants survey (2010-2011) -- Law, crime, context & vulnerability : the Punjab crime perception survey (2009-2010) -- Approaches to legal and judicial reform in Pakistan : post colonial inertia and the paucity of imagination in times of turmoil and change -- Reform on paper : a post mortem of justice sector reform in Pakistan from 1998-2010 -- Reform nirvanas & reality checks : justice sector reform in Pakistan in the 21st century and the monopoly of the experts -- Towards a new approach.
Summary Explores the complex relationship between colonial law and the reform of legal systems in postcolonial states.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Justice, Administration of -- Pakistan.
Justice, Administration of.
Pakistan.
Law reform -- Pakistan.
Law reform.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Editions: Based on (work): Siddique, Osama. Alien justice : Pakistan's experience with formal law : a historical, sociological and institutional review (OCoLC)781996407
Other Form: Print version: Siddique, Osama. Pakistan's experience with formal law. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107038158 (DLC) 2012048656 (OCoLC)820553427
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