1st Edition
State Violence and Legal Accountability The Wait for Justice
By Ceylan Begüm Yıldız
Copyright 2025
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book pursues a critical perspective on the phenomenon of state violence and its legal unaccountability.
Focusing on the role of myths, assumptions and ghosts that surround the meaning of the state and performance of state violence, this book details a fresh perspective on that violence and its legal unaccountability. It asks: How does our understanding of the state reflect on the political... Read more
Introduction 1: ‘The Murderer State Will be Held to Account 2: Stately Performatives 3: Countering Violence 4: State Violence on Trial. Conclusion: Awaiting
Biography
Ceylan Begüm Yıldız is Lecturer in Law at School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich, UK.
