"Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Deval Desai presents the novel concept of 'expert ignorance', a practice by which experts continually admit the limits of their knowledge. With a range of illustrative case studies, Desai demonstrates the impact of this powerful yet paradoxical form of expertise in rule of law reform and beyond"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Ignorance and the practice of rule of law reform; 3. Projecting the rule of law; 4. Performing the rule of law; 5. Law and politics of rule of law performances; 6. Historicising rule of law performances; 7. The sociology of rule of law performers; 8. Conclusion