This article explains why autocrats love constitutional pluralism and constitutional identity.
Though these concepts were developed by scholars and jurists with the best of intentions in …

" Areas of limited statehood are ubiquitous. Most states in the contemporary international
system contain areas in which states are too weak to set and enforce rules and/or lack the …

Legal pluralism poses a challenging issue in the application of law in society. Indonesia, as
a pluralistic country with diverse ethnicities, customs, and religions, faces conflicts between …

Focusing on Kenya's path-breaking mobile money project M-Pesa, this book examines and
critiques the narratives and institutions of digital financial inclusion as a development …

Abstract The European Union (EU) is a community based on the rule of law. EU member
states have committed themselves to uphold the rule of law and to respect the primacy of EU …

Abstract The 'Global South'often functions as a shorthand for countries in Asia, Africa and
Latin America that differ significantly in terms of economic trajectories, institutional …

This article addresses a series of paradoxes regarding informal settlements in cities in the
developing world and their relation with the legal system. The first paradox regards the …

Providing an introduction to the special section 'Close encounters: ethnographies of the
coproduction of space by the urban poor', this article sets out to argue that the image of 'the …

" The rule of law, once widely embraced and emulated, now faces serious threats to its
viability. This book articulates and defends a comprehensive, coherent and compelling …

Development cooperation is changing as rising power donors (re) enter the fray. While a
growing body of evidence explores some of the economic trends (eg UNCTAD 2007), we …