Hunting Justice - Displacement, Law, and Activism in the Kalahari

Follows the activist campaign that contested the Botswana government's removal of indigenous peoples from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Unsettling the Central Kalahari; 3. The 'bushman problem'; 4. Getting organized: the social lives of San NGOs; 5. The San in the United Nations; 6. The court; 7. After judgment; 8. Litigating for a way of life; 9. Conclusions.

About the author

Maria Sapignoli is Research Fellow in the Department of Law and Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Since 2006 she has carried out ethnographic work in Botswana, most recently in Namibia, and in several international organizations, including the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters. She is the co-editor of Palaces of Hope: The Anthropology of the Global Organizations (Cambridge, 2017).

Summary

This book follows the activist campaign that contested the Botswana government's removal of indigenous peoples from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The means by which indigenous peoples can access a justice system to protect their rights is of interest to a broad audience of human rights scholars and practitioners.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Sapignoli, Sapignoli Maria
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781107191570
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19157-0
• No. of pages: 436
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Botswana, LAW / General, Anthropology, Political activism, Law & society, Jurisprudence and general issues, Law and society, sociology of law, Political activism / Political engagement