Introduction. The political mobilisation of criminal law and its resistance in the Global South

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Law and politics, Global South, state violence, minorities

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The articles presented in this special issue explore the relationship between politics and law in the context of the Global South. While some of the contributions examined this relationship through the symbolic power of the law, others focused on how violence is embedded into the relationship between law and politics. The first group, which focused on the symbolic dimension of power relations, dug into struggles to either accommodate political projects into the existing law or whenever such interpretation was not possible, to propose new legislation consistent with those political goals. Meanwhile, the other group of contributions, those who paid special attention to the association between law and violence, described how the relationship between politics and law is centred disputed legitimacy of law in those societies. This introduction discusses how these two approaches complement each other and offer us a better understanding of the particular role law plays in societies in the Global South.

 

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Pablo Ciocchini is Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina), Fellow of the Institute of Legal Culture of the National University of La Plata (Argentina) and Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Liverpool (UK). His academic interests include comparative studies of criminal courts, state-sponsored violence, Gramscian theory, neocolonialism and international arbitration. Contact details: Dr. Pablo Ciocchini, Researcher, CONICET-UNLP. Calle 48 entre 6 y 7, Tercer Piso, Edificio de la Reforma, 1900, La Plata. Email: ciocchini@gmail.com

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George B. Radics, National University of Singapore, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 3 Arts Link, AS1 04/28, Singapore 117573, email address: socrgb@nus.edu.sg, Dr. George Radics currently teaches courses on Law and Society, Selected Topics in Law and Justice, Social Thought and Social Theory, and Sociology of Emotions. He holds a joint appointment with NUS College and is the Convenor of the Global Studies Programme (2023-2025).

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Ciocchini, P. L. eta Radics, G. (2024) «Introduction. The political mobilisation of criminal law and its resistance in the Global South», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 14(1), or. 1–8. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl.1987.