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• Introduction: Law, state authority and the courts, 1. History, authority and the law in Zimbabwe, 1950-2002
• 2. 'Rebels' and 'good boys': examining the working conditions in Zimbabwe's attorney general's office after 2000
• 3. 'Zimbabweans are foolishly litigious': debating citizenship when engaging with a politicised legal system
• 4. 'What is abnormal is normal': performative politics on the stages of arrest and detention
• 5. Material and sensory courtrooms: observing the 'decline of professionalism' in Harare's magistrates'' courts
• 6. The trials of the 'traitor in Harare's magistrates' courts under the unity government
• 7. History, consciousness and citizenship in Matabeleland: the impact of the MLF case
• 8. Historical narrative and political strategy in Bulawayo's magistrates' courts: the case of Owen Maseko
• Conclusion: 'Government is a legal fiction' - performing law, the state, citizenship and politics.
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Focusing on political trials in Zimbabwe's Magistrates' Courts between 2000 and 2012, Susanne Verheul explores why the judiciary have remained a central site of contestation in post-independence Zimbabwe. Drawing on rich court observations and in-depth interviews, this book foregrounds law's potential to reproduce or transform social and political power through the narrative, material, and sensory dimensions of courtroom performances. Instead of viewing appeals to law as acts of resistance by marginalised orders for inclusion in dominant modes of rule, Susanne Verheul argues that it was not recognition by but of this formal, rule-bound ordering, and the form of citizenship it stood for, that was at stake in performative legal engagements. In this manner, law was much more than a mere instrument. Law was a site in which competing conceptions of political authority were given expression, and in which people's understandings of themselves as citizens were formed and performed.
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• Introduction: Law, state authority and the courts, 1. History, authority and the law in Zimbabwe, 1950-2002
• 2. 'Rebels' and 'good boys': examining the working conditions in Zimbabwe's attorney general's office after 2000
• 3. 'Zimbabweans are foolishly litigious': debating citizenship when engaging with a politicised legal system
• 4. 'What is abnormal is normal': performative politics on the stages of arrest and detention
• 5. Material and sensory courtrooms: observing the 'decline of professionalism' in Harare's magistrates'' courts
• 6. The trials of the 'traitor in Harare's magistrates' courts under the unity government
• 7. History, consciousness and citizenship in Matabeleland: the impact of the MLF case
• 8. Historical narrative and political strategy in Bulawayo's magistrates' courts: the case of Owen Maseko
• Conclusion: 'Government is a legal fiction' - performing law, the state, citizenship and politics.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Focusing on political trials in Zimbabwe's Magistrates' Courts between 2000 and 2012, Susanne Verheul explores why the judiciary have remained a central site of contestation in post-independence Zimbabwe. Drawing on rich court observations and in-depth interviews, this book foregrounds law's potential to reproduce or transform social and political power through the narrative, material, and sensory dimensions of courtroom performances. Instead of viewing appeals to law as acts of resistance by marginalised orders for inclusion in dominant modes of rule, Susanne Verheul argues that it was not recognition by but of this formal, rule-bound ordering, and the form of citizenship it stood for, that was at stake in performative legal engagements. In this manner, law was much more than a mere instrument. Law was a site in which competing conceptions of political authority were given expression, and in which people's understandings of themselves as citizens were formed and performed.
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• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 Postcolonial transitional justice
• 1.2 Zimbabwe
• 1.3 Outline of the book
• 2. BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE STUDY AND A POSTCOLONIAL CRITIQUE
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The Field of Transitional Justice
• 2.3 The `Justice' part of `Transitional Justice'
• 2.4 Locating the Critical Areas of the Research within the Transitional Justice Field
• 2.5 Critique, Transitional Justice and Postcolonial Theory
• 3. RULE OF LAW AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Normative Framework
• 3.3 Rule of Law and Judicial Independence in Transitions
• 3.4 The Postcolonial Context
• 3.5 Zimbabwe: The Rule of Law and Judicial Independence
• 3.6 How to Read Zimbabwe's Experience with Rule of Law and Judicial Independence
• 3.7 Insights from Other Postcolonial Polities
• 3.8 Conclusion
• 4. LAND REFORM AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4. 2 Land Reform and Transitional Justice
• 4. 3 Zimbabwe: A Case Study
• 4.4 The Limits of International Law: How to Read Zimbabwe's Experience with Land Reform
• 4.5 Insights from Other Postcolonial Polities
• 4.6 Conclusion
• 5. MINORITIES IN POSTCOLONIAL TRANSITIONS
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Minorities and Transitional Justice
• 5.3 The Distinctive Features of Postcolonial Transitional Minority Questions
• 5.4 The Story of the Ndebele of Zimbabwe
• 5.5 How to Read Zimbabwe's Experience with the Ndebele Question
• 5.6 Postcolonial Agency in Transitions
• 5.7 Conclusion
• 6 DEALING WITH THE LEGACY OF IMPUNITY
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Zimbabwe: The Context
• 6. 3 How to Read Zimbabwe's Legacy of Impunity
• 6.4 Insights from Other Postcolonial Polities
• 6.5 Conclusion
• 7. CONCLUSION
• 7.1 Overview and Contribution to Transitional Justice
• 7.2 The Definitional Issue
• 7.3 The Limitations of International Law
• 7.4 Hybridity
• 7.5 Further Research
• Bibliography
• Table of cases
• Table of statutes
• Table of regulations, treaties, international resolutions and key reports
• Index .
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Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic future. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of transitional justice by examining the complexities of transition in postcolonial societies. It focuses particularly on Zimbabwe but draws on relevant comparative material from other postcolonial polities. Examples include but are not limited to African countries such as South Africa, Rwanda and Mozambique. European societies such as Northern Ireland, as well as other nations such as Guatemala, are also considered. While amplifying the breadth of the subject of transitional justice, the book addresses the claim that transitional justice mechanisms in postcolonial countries are necessary if the rule of law and the credibility of the country's legal institutions are to be restored. Drawing on postcolonial legal theory, and especially on analyses of the relationship between international law and imperialism, the book challenges the assumption that a domestic rule of law `deficit' may be remedied with recourse to international law. Taking up the paradigmatic perception that international law is neutral and has fixed rules, it demonstrates how complex issues which arise during postcolonial transitions require a more critical adoption of transitional justice mechanisms.
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• Introduction
• Basic concepts of the study and a postcolonial critique
• Rule of law and judicial independence
• Land reform and transitional justice
• Minorities in postcolonial transitions
• Dealing with the legacy of impunity
• Conclusion.

Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic future. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of transitional justice by examining the complexities of transition in postcolonial societies. It focuses particularly on Zimbabwe but draws on relevant comparative material from other postcolonial polities. Examples include but are not limited to African countries such as South Africa, Rwanda and Mozambique. European societies such as Northern Ireland, as well as other nations such as Guatemala, are also considered. While amplifying the breadth of the subject of transitional justice, the book addresses the claim that transitional justice mechanisms in postcolonial countries are necessary if the rule of law and the credibility of the country's legal institutions are to be restored. Drawing on postcolonial legal theory, and especially on analyses of the relationship between international law and imperialism, the book challenges the assumption that a domestic rule of law `deficit' may be remedied with recourse to international law. Taking up the paradigmatic perception that international law is neutral and has fixed rules, it demonstrates how complex issues which arise during postcolonial transitions require a more critical adoption of transitional justice mechanisms.
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• The linkages between corruption and transitional Justice
• Understanding corruption and human rights
• The phenomenon of corruption and socioeconomic rights in Zimbabwe
• Revisiting methods of addressing past corruption and human rights violations in Zimbabwe
• Rethinking ways of dealing with corruption under transitional justice in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe in a comparative perspective
• Conclusion.

This book addresses the issue of corruption as a socio-economic rights concern at a national level. Zimbabwe's widespread corruption inhibited its development in all aspects. It weakened institutions, especially those called upon to arbitrate political and economic contests, leading to potential human rights violations. However, Zimbabwe saw a change of government in November 2017. Due to this, there seemed to be an opening to work towards reform in relation to the anti-corruption architecture. Specifically, the new era provides an opportunity to review how accountability mechanisms (including but not limited to amnesties, truth commissions, institutional reforms and prosecutions) can address corruption as a socio-economic rights violation. As the new government still tries to address competing priorities, many moving parts and various matrixes, this volume in the International Criminal Justice Series provides a timely frame for revisiting the debate and developing the strategic thinking regarding transitional justice options in Zimbabwe. It will be of great interest to practitioners, policy makers, scholars and students in the fields of anti-corruption, socio-economic and human rights, and transitional justice. Prosper Maguchu is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Politics of Transnational Law of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .
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