Miriam Driessen: Immunity on Trial

Cover: 9780520421295 | Immunity on Trial | Miriam Driessen | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026

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Political and legal immunity are justified by the principle that certain social aims outweigh the value of imposing liability. To be exempt from the rules, however, is a privilege granted to or demanded by the powerful. The structural disparities that underpin immunity can turn it into an unjust prerogative, one that is inscribed by global inequalities. Set against the backdrop of an extraordinary wave of litigation against Chinese corporations in Ethiopia, Immunity on Trial probes the question of immunity in everyday encounters steeped in highly asymmetrical power relations. Drawing on observations from the courthouse, interviews with litigants, judges, and court support staff, and analyses of case files, Miriam Driessen demonstrates how immunity is debated and delegitimized--or affirmed--by those who fight, exact, grant, or weigh it. From the construction site to the police station, from the registrar's office into the courtroom, she documents tussles over immunity, unraveling the politics of dignity on which they are founded.

Über den Autor

Miriam Driessen is an anthropologist and the author of Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road Builders in Ethiopia.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780520421295
ISBN-10:	0520421299
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Driessen, Miriam
Hersteller:	University of California Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	228 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Miriam Driessen
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.02.2026
Gewicht:	0,342 kg