SAS Publications: Politics Law and Human Rights

Politics, Law and Human Rights Publications 2017–18

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The School’s institutes have wide and varying publishing programmes, producing a range of monographs, reports, practitioner texts and edited collections. This catalogue lists a range of new and forthcoming titles in Politics and Law from across the institutes, together with a selection of relevant journals published by the institutes, in some cases with external partners. There are also catalogues listing titles in History and Classics, and Culture, Languages and Literature.

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Electronic Signatures in Law Fourth edition

Stephen Mason

Electronic evidence Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

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Electronic signatures in law

OBserving Law

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Edited by Stephen Mason and Daniel Seng

OBserving Law

978-1-911507-05-5 (hb), 422pp, £60

Stephen Mason

978-1-911507-09-3 (pb), 422pp, £40

978-1-911507-04-8 (hb), 476pp, £60

978-1-911507-08-6 (ebook), £20

978-1-911507-02-4 (pb), 476pp, £40

May 2017

978-1-911507-02-4 (ebook), £20

In this updated edition of the well-established practitioner text, Stephen Mason and Daniel Seng have brought together a team of experts in the field to provide an exhaustive treatment of electronic evidence. This fourth edition continues to follow the tradition in English evidence text books by basing the text on the law of England and Wales, with appropriate citations of relevant case law and legislation from other jurisdictions.

This book is also available online at http://ials. sas.ac.uk/digital/humanities-digital-library/ observing-law-ials-open-book-service-law.

November 2016

This fourth edition of the well-established practitioner text sets out what constitutes an electronic signature, the form one can take, and discusses the issues relating to evidence – illustrated by analysis of relevant case law and legislation from a wide range of common law and civil law jurisdictions.

This book is also available online at http://ials. sas.ac.uk/digital/humanities-digital-library/ observing-law-ials-open-book-service-law.

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Reconciling Rwanda: unity, nationality and state control

Heroic Chancellor: Winston Churchill and the University of Bristol, 1929–65

Writing and the West German protest movements: the textual revolution

Jennifer Melvin

David Cannadine

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Institute of Historical Research

Mererid Puw Davies

Human Rights Consortium

978‑1‑909646‑18‑6 (pb), 86pp, £10

Institute of Modern Languages Research

978-0-9931102-0-7 (pb), 232pp, £20

February 2016

978‑0‑85457‑251‑9 (pb), 282pp, £25

December 2015

In July 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) set out to stabilise and secure Rwanda, a country decimated by genocide. This mandate was later extended to include the herculean task of promoting unity and reconciliation to a population torn apart by violence. More than two decades later, these goals appear to have been achieved. Beneath the veneer of reconciliation lie myriad programmes and legislation that do more than seek to unite the population - they keep the RPF in power. In Reconciling Rwanda, Jennifer Melvin analyses the highly controversial RPF and its vision of reconciliation to determine who truly benefits from the construction of the new postgenocide Rwanda.

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“Not only was Churchill the most illustrious and the most distinguished Chancellor that the University of Bristol has ever had, but he was also in his prime, from the 1940s onwards, probably the most famous and the most distinguished chancellor of any university anywhere in the world.”

David Cannadine

December 2016

The 1960s protest movements marked an astonishing moment for West Germany. They developed a political critique distinctive for an overwhelming emphasis on culture and the ‘symbolic’. Reading and writing had a uniquely prestigious status for West German protesters, who produced an extraordinary anti-authoritarian textual culture ranging from graffiti and flyers to agit-prop poetry and autobiographical prose. However, due to this culture’s (apparently) anti-literary tone, these texts are frequently overlooked by traditional criticism.

This volume presents close readings and analyses of emblematic examples of texts, some forgotten, others better known, embedding them in historical, cultural, theoretical and aesthetic context, and illuminating representative moments and preoccupations in anti-authoritarian culture, from the Vietnam War to the Nazi past, to dirt and hygiene. They outline an anti-authoritarian poetics and uncover some of the texts’ latent content, revealing often hidden tensions and contradictions in relation to the German past and questions of authority.

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Envisioning global LGBT human rights: (neo) colonialism, neoliberalism, resistance and hope Edited by Nancy Nicol, Adrian Jjuuko, Richard Lusimbo, Nick Mulé, Susan Ursel, Amar Wahab and Phyllis Waugh Institute of Commonwealth Studies Human Rights Consortium 978‑0‑9931102‑3‑8 (pb), 300pp, £25 978-0-9931102-9-0 (ebook), £20 November 2017

This book is an outcome of a five-year international collaboration among partners who share a common legacy of British colonial laws that criminalise same-sex intimacy and gender identity/expression. The project sought to facilitate learning from each other and to create outcomes that would advance knowledge and social justice. It was a unique project, combining research and writing with participatory documentary video film-making.

This visionary politics infuses the pages of the anthology.

The chapters are bursting with invaluable first-hand insights from leading activists at the forefront of some of the most fiercely fought battlegrounds of contemporary sexual politics in India, the Caribbean and Africa.

As well, authors from Canada, Botswana and Kenya examine key turning points in the advancement of sexual orientation and gender identity issues at the United Nations, and turn a critical eye on LGBT asylum in Canada.

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Human rights and natural resource development in Latin America Edited by Malayna Raftopoulos

OSPA: the role and experiences of expatriate women in the last phase of empire and after

Human Rights Consortium

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

978‑0‑9931102‑4‑5 (pb), 110pp, £5

978-1-912250-01-1 (pb), 250pp, £30

January 2016

978-1-912250-02-8 (epub), £24 December 2017

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on contemporary development discussions in Latin America, marked on the one hand by the pursuit of economic growth, technological improvement and poverty reduction, and on the other by growing concern over the preservation of the environment and human rights. It analyses some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current development, environmental and human rights practices in Latin America. By focusing on the different, though interrelated levels of interaction (local, national, transnational), as well as actors and roles, the book contemplates the complex panorama of competing visions, concepts and interests grounded in mutual influences and dependencies which shape the contemporary arena of socioenvironmental conflicts in the region.

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The Overseas Service Pensioners’ Association (OSPA) was founded in 1960, with the primary object of protecting the pension arrangements for Overseas Service officers and widows. But the chief interest now is in spreading a better understanding of what the Colonial Service (since 1954 properly called Her Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service - HMOCS) was, who its members were, what they did, why and how they did it, and to what effect. More generally, what was their life like? This information needs to be out on public record so that people today and in the future can have access to first-hand evidence of how the colonial territories were governed and developed in the closing years of Empire, especially after 1945.

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Contemporary challenges in securing human rights Edited by Corinne Lennox Human Rights Consortium Institute of Commonwealth Studies 978‑0‑9931102‑2‑1 (pb), 164pp, £7.99 October 2015

This commemorative edited volume on human rights themes, authored by distinguished alumni and faculty, was published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights offered at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

The chapters reflect on cutting-edge challenges in the field of human rights. Topics include refugee protection; women’s human rights; business and human rights; the role of national and international legal mechanisms; and emerging themes such as tax justice, rights in the digital age, theories of change and poetry.

It is a credit to the MA programme that the chapters are rich with critical analysis, diverse expertise and innovative approaches. This book is essential reading for students of human rights and practitioners who can benefit from the insights into theory and practice offered here.

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Shaping migration between Europe and Latin America: new approaches and challenges Edited by Ana Margheritis Institute of Latin American Studies 978-1-908857-45-3 (pb), 250pp, £25 978-1-908857-46-0 (ebook), £20 February 2018

This volume focuses on two world regions, historically linked by human mobility and cultural exchange but now responding to significant demographic changes and new migration trends. These changes include the reversal in the direction of flows; the greater heterogeneity of migrant groups; the strong pull of women leaders in family migration projects; the concentration of newcomers in non-traditional destinations; the emergence of new migration cross-regional corridors; the increase in non-voluntary displacements; and the development of new forms of citizenship beyond borders.

The study of these issues has until now largely remained compartmentalised by area studies approaches, focused either on Latin America or Europe as regions with distinct trajectories and interests, and concentrated at the national level of politics and policies. In contrast, this volume aims at making a unique contribution by providing an integrated view revolving around the link between the two regions alongside an analysis that gives due consideration to global, national, regional and local dynamics.

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Rethinking the past in Cuba: a tribute to Alistair Hennessy Edited by Antoni Kapcia Institute of Latin American Studies 978‑1‑908857‑41‑5 (pb), 250pp, £25 978‑1‑908857‑42‑2 (ebook), £20 October 2017

This collection of essays and research articles has been designed, by its breadth of expertise and discipline, to pay suitable homage to the seminal influence and contribution made by the late Alistair Hennessy towards the development of Cuban studies. For that reason, it includes a judicious mixture of the old and the new, including several of the leading and internationally well-established experts on Cuban history, politics and culture, but also some up-and-coming researchers in the field. That mixture and the combination of topics (some addressing the past directly, others assessing the present within a historical context) reflect Hennessy’s own crossdisciplinary and open-minded approach to the study of the history of Cuba.

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Understanding ALBA: the progress, problems and prospects of alternative regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean Edited by Asa Cusack Institute of Latin American Studies 978‑1‑908857‑22‑4 (pb), 250pp, £25 978‑1‑908857‑42‑2 (ebook), £20 October 2017

This is only the second academic publication dedicated solely to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), the Left Turn regional project founded by Venezuela and Cuba in 2004 and since expanded to Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and much of the Anglophone Caribbean. This book offers a considered, critical and comprehensive account of the project. It provides insights into all manner of unanswered questions: among others, the roles and involvement of member states both central and peripheral; the nature of ALBA governance; the sustainability of the project; its effect on domestic politics; and the true nature and extent of specific initiatives. Bringing together scholars from across ideological divides, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of ALBA’s successes and failures, evaluating the project’s viability and mapping possible future trajectories. The opacity of ALBA and its member states, and the perplexing lack of research into ALBA despite its significance, makes the contribution of this edited volume a particularly valuable one. sas.ac.uk/research/publications

Chile and the InterAmerican Human Rights System Edited by Karinna Fernández, Cristian Peña and Sebastián Smart Institute of Latin American Studies 978‑1‑908857‑27‑9 (pb), 188pp, £25 978‑1‑908857‑40‑8 (ebook), £20 July 2017

This book reflects on the relationship between Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System, focusing on an interdisciplinary and detailed examination of the consequences of recent cases decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the Chilean state. These cases illustrate central challenges in the areas of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex rights, as well as shedding light on torture and indigenous rights in Chile and the Americas as a whole.

A return to the village: community ethnographies and the study of Andean culture in retrospective Edited by Francisco Ferreira with Billie Jean Isbell Institute of Latin American Studies 978‑1‑908857‑24‑8 (pb), 280pp, £25 978‑1‑908857‑25‑5 (ebook), £20 December 2016

This edited volume brings together several scholars who have produced outstanding ethnographies of Andean communities, mostly in Peru but also in neighbouring countries.

These ethnographies were published between the 1970s and 2000s, following different theoretical and thematic approaches, and they often transcended the boundaries of case studies to become important reference works on key aspects of Andean culture. These include, for example, the symbolism and ritual uses of coca in the case of Catherine J. Allen; agricultural rituals and internal social divisions in the case of Peter Gose; social organisation and kinship in the case of Billie Jean Isbell; the use of khipus and concepts of literacy in the case of Frank Salomon; and the management and ritual dimensions of water and irrigation in the case of Ricardo Valderrama and Carmen Escalante.

In their chapters the authors revisit their original works in the light of contemporary anthropology, focusing on different academic and personal aspects of their ethnographies.

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Provincialising nature: multidisciplinary approaches to the politics of the environment in Latin America Edited by Michela Coletta and Malayna Raftopoulos Institute of Latin American Studies 978‑1‑908857‑20‑0 (pb), 218pp, £25 978‑1‑908857‑37‑8 (ebook), £20 August 2016

This book offers a timely analysis of some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current environmental discourses and practices in the region. It explores both challenging scenarios and original perspectives that have emerged in Latin America in relation to the globally urgent issues of climate change and the environmental crisis. Two interconnected analytical frameworks guide the discussions: the relationship between nature, knowledge and identity and their role in understanding recent and current practices of climate change and environmental policy.

The different chapters contribute to this debate by offering multidisciplinary perspectives on particular aspects of these two frameworks and through taking a multidirectional perspective that links the local, national, regional and transnational levels of inquiry across a diverse geographical spectrum.

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The new refugees: crime and forced displacement in Latin America Edited by David James Cantor and Nicolás Rodríguez Serna

Journal of Latin American Studies

Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Studies

Published by Cambridge University Press, with editorial offices at the Institute of Latin American Studies

Published by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Institute of Latin American Studies

Edited by Rory Miller, Gareth Jones & Fiona Macaulay

978‑1‑908857‑18‑7 (pb), 180pp, £25

ISSN 0022-216X

978‑1‑908857‑19-4 (ebook), £20

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November 2016

In Latin America, recent years have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of people forced to flee from their homes due to the activities of organised criminal groups. What are the reasons behind this emerging crisis of forced displacement in the Americas? Who are these criminal groups and how do they operate in Central America, Mexico and Colombia? Who are the victims and how can their needs be met in these violent and insecure contexts? Can law and policy offer a humanitarian response to this crisis? As the first book to deal with this rapidly evolving phenomenon, this innovative collection offers a range of fresh perspectives from leading experts working across Latin America.

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Presents recent research in economics, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, social anthropology, economic history and cultural history.

Edited by Patricia Larby ISSN 0267-4513

This is an annual listing of MPhil and PhD research being carried out at UK universities. It is derived from the Register of Commonwealth Research, a database of theses completed or in progress. The register contains over 16,000 records, and its coverage extends back to the 1920s.

The geographical range encompasses the former British Empire (excluding Britain and the US), the Commonwealth of Nations and its member countries. Subject coverage is primarily in the fields of history, politics, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, literature, language and religion.

The subjects of education, medicine, law, science and technology are included on a selective basis.

Also published in Spanish as Los Nuevos Desplazados: Crimen y Desplazamiento en America Latina (978‑1‑908857‑16‑3 (pb), July 2016)

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Journals

Amicus Curiae: Journal of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies

Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review

Published by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Published by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Editorial responsibility: Julian Harris

Editorial responsibility: Stephen Mason

ISSN 1461-2097

ISSN 2054-8508

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The journal of the IALS and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS) is produced quarterly and is now available on open access, publishing articles on a wide range of legal issues of topical and academic interest from a prestigious list of contributors. The Institute aims to encourage interaction between those involved with the legal process, including practitioners, academics, members of the judiciary, regulators, and law enforcement officers. This objective is reflected in the content of the journal.

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The open access Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review brings articles, legal developments and case reports to academics, practitioners and the industry in relation to digital evidence and electronic signatures from across the world. The review also seeks to include reports on technical advances and book reviews, and is issued once a year, in October/November with advance access articles available during the year.

Amicus Curiae also provides information on IALS and SALS activities.

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IALS Student Law Review Published by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Editorial responsibility: Constantin Stefanou ISSN 2053-7646

The ISLRev is an electronic, open access, peerreviewed law journal publishing scholarly articles or developing work focused on legal studies within the main expertise of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

It aims to provide a unique forum for all those interested in legal studies to present their scholarly contributions. It publishes on multidimensional legal studies and proactively encourages analytical and comparative studies.

This broad remit creates the opportunity of introducing readers to unfamiliar areas. Papers that investigate legal issues from single or multiple vantage points, whether topically or jurisdictionally, are equally welcomed, as are papers examining law-related interdisciplinary work.

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European Journal of Law Reform Published by Eleven International Publishing in association with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Editorial board: Katharina Boele-Woelki, Frank Emmert, Christiana Fountoulakis, Ingeborg Schwenzer, Constantin Stefanou and Helen Xanthaki ISSN 1387-2370

The key purpose of the European Journal of Law Reform is to respond to growing demand among scholars, legislators and practitioners of law in the private and public sectors for a forum for authoritative views on law reform in Europe and the World. A related purpose is to provide a systematic review of major initiatives for reform of laws and legal practice. The European Journal of Law Reform is jointly edited at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London, the University of Basel Law Faculty and Europainstitut, as well as at Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis.

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Cover image: A still from the documentary film, No Easy Walk To Freedom, directed by Nancy Nicol. Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, 2014, India and Canada.

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The Humanities Digital Library is an initiative of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, led by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS). Partners include the Royal Historical Society, whose ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series will appear on the platform.

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