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OverviewToday, a transnational constellation of 'rule of law' experts advise on 'good' legal systems to countries in the Global South. Yet these experts often claim that the 'rule of law' is nearly impossible to define, and they frequently point to the limits of their own expertise. In this innovative book, Deval Desai identifies this form of expertise as 'expert ignorance'. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Desai draws on insights from legal theory, sociology, development studies, and performance studies to explore how this paradoxical form of expertise works in practice. With a range of illustrative cases that span both global and local perspectives, this book considers the impact of expert ignorance on the rule of law and on expert governance more broadly. Contributing to the study of transnational law, governance, and expertise, Desai demonstrates the enduring power of proclaiming what one does not know. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Deval Desai (University of Edinburgh)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9781009284721ISBN 10: 100928472 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 22 June 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Ignorance and the practice of rule of law reform; 3. Projecting the rule of law; 4. Performing the rule of law; 5. Law and politics of rule of law performances; 6. Historicising rule of law performances; 7. The sociology of rule of law performers; 8. ConclusionReviews''Disenchanted' expertise that becomes 'self-denying' rests on and professes ignorance. In this provocative, innovative, and elegant book, Desai explores 'expert ignorance' in rule of law reform performances. He argues that expert ignorance moves the rule of law in the direction of 'Governance'. Critical and political, the argument deserves engagement.' Anna Leander, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Geneva Graduate Institute Author InformationDeval Desai is Lecturer in International Economic Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Young Academy of Scotland and was an inaugural International Rule of Law Fellow at the Bingham Centre. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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