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The “Paper Case”: Evidence and Narrative of a Terrorism Trial in Delhi (2018)
Journal Article
Suresh, M. (2019). The “Paper Case”: Evidence and Narrative of a Terrorism Trial in Delhi. Law & society review, 53(1), 173-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12378

Through an ethnography of a terrorism trial that followed bomb‐blasts in Delhi in 2008, this article seeks to understand the centrality of files and documentary practices to the production of legal truth. By following key documents regarding the case... Read More about The “Paper Case”: Evidence and Narrative of a Terrorism Trial in Delhi.

On Feminist Legal Methodologies: Spilt, Plural and Speaking Subjects (2018)
Journal Article
Heathcote, G. (in press). On Feminist Legal Methodologies: Spilt, Plural and Speaking Subjects. feminists@law, 8(2), 667. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.667

This article uses Nicola Lacey’s 1998 book Unspeakable Subjects as a prompt to consider the potential of feminist jurisprudence to develop methodologies that focus on the foundational dimensions of law. I therefore explore possibilities for a feminis... Read More about On Feminist Legal Methodologies: Spilt, Plural and Speaking Subjects.

Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans (2018)
Book
Oette, L., & Babiker, M. A. (Eds.). (2018). Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075

Sudan and South Sudan have suffered from repeated cycles of conflict and authoritarianism resulting in serious human rights and humanitarian law violations. Several efforts, such as the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and transitional justice init... Read More about Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans.

Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan (2018)
Book Chapter
Oette, L. (2018). Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan. In L. Oette, & M. A. Babiker (Eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans (15-40). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075-2

This chapter focuses on the burgeoning literature on Sudanese history, politics and the economy, as well as a substantial body of human rights reports and cases. It examines both structural and ideational factors that have contributed to a legacy of... Read More about Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan.

Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans (2018)
Book Chapter
Ibrahim Abdelgabar, N., Babiker, M. A., & Oette, L. (2018). Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans. In L. Oette, & M. A. Babiker (Eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans (139-159). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075-7

This chapter provides an account of minorities and peoples in Sudan, examining the recognition, and protection, or lack thereof, of their rights in Sudan’s constitutional history. It examines the degree to which the constitutional order and legislati... Read More about Constitutional dimensions of minority rights and the rights of peoples in the Sudans.

‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement (2018)
Journal Article
Lokot, M. (2020). ‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement. Journal of Refugee Studies, 33(3), 555-576. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fey059

Humanitarian discourses emphasize that displacement results in disruptions to family structures. This article challenges simplistic descriptions of change during displacement, highlighting the powerful role of the family in Middle Eastern societies t... Read More about ‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement.

‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement (2018)
Journal Article
Lokot, M. (2020). ‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement. Journal of Refugee Studies, 33(3), 555-576. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fey059

Humanitarian discourses emphasize that displacement results in disruptions to family structures. This article challenges simplistic descriptions of change during displacement, highlighting the powerful role of the family in Middle Eastern societies t... Read More about ‘Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement.

Islam and Modernity: A Case Study of Yorubaland (2018)
Book Chapter
Baderin, M. (2018). Islam and Modernity: A Case Study of Yorubaland. In M. O. Opeloye, M. A. Bidmos, & O. Afis (Eds.), Islam in Yorubaland: History, Education and Culture (187-205). University of Lagos Press

While there is uncertainty about the exact date that Islam was introduced into Yorubaland, there is some historical claim that Islam had been known in Yorubaland by the mid-16th century, with Al-Ilūrī chronicling, by reference to Crowder, that Nupe M... Read More about Islam and Modernity: A Case Study of Yorubaland.