Criminal Legalities in the Global South : Cultural Dynamics, Political Tensions, and Institutional Practices.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Reinterpreting chaos as diversity: an alternative legal approach from the Global South -- PART I Cultural dynamics -- 1 Criminalizing adultery in colonial India: constructing the wife vs. the "other" in Islamic family law -- 2 "First world problems" in the "third world"? LGBT rights in Singapore -- 3 Privacy in public spaces: the transformative potential of Navtej Johar v. Union of India -- 4 Gambling with criminal law: the legal paradox of "jogo do bicho" (animal lottery) criminalization in Brazil -- PART II Political tensions -- 5 (Cr)immigration in the Dominican Republic? Decolonizing the human rights of vulnerable Haitian migrants -- 6 Cosmologies of federal criminal procedural reform: democratizing and humanizing criminal justice in Argentina -- 7 Of punishment, protest, and press conferences: contentious politics amid despotic decision in contemporary Burmese courtrooms -- PART III Institutional practices -- 8 The politics of judicial actors in the Philippines's "war on drugs" -- 9 Arresting a due process revolution: the reform of Indonesia's code of criminal procedure and the persistence of history -- 10 Sacrificing justice for efficiency? Examining premature dismissal rates in Peruvian corruption cases -- 11 Sexual crimes and transitional justice before courts in Brazil: accountability for crimes against humanity -- Conclusion -- Seeking commonalities from across the South -- Index.

This book presents the work of academics from the Global South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal order and people's perception of it translates into an understanding of what constitutes "criminal" behaviours or activities. It aims to make an important contribution in the development of Southern Criminology.

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