The Violence of Law : The Formation and Deformation of Gacaca Courts in Rwanda

Lawfare" describes the systematic use and abuse of legal procedure for political ends which, in post-genocide Rwanda, contributed to the making of dictatorship. Jens Meierhenrich explains how and why Paul Kagame's Tutsi-led government in the period 1994-2019 learned to substitute law for war in its consolidation of authoritarian rule"--

• | Author: Jens Meierhenrich
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: May 02, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 769 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1108425399
• | ISBN-13: 9781108425391