The American prison camp at Guantánamo Bay has often been described as a lawless
space, and many commentators have drawn on the writings of Giorgio Agamben to formalize …

What is the leisure experience? In the nineteenth century, paid work became a much more
systematic and controlled activity–for the vast majority of people, paid work took place in …

The book highlights the interconnections between three framing concepts in the
development of modern western law: religion, race, and rights. The author challenges the …

Paradise and progress Abu Ghraib is a vast prison complex twenty miles west of Baghdad.
Built by British contractors in the 1960s, it was the scene of some of the worst excesses …

This article uses ideas propounded by Susan Sontag and Judith Butler on photography to
illuminate the significant role of photography and visual media in international law …

Ten states in the Middle East have created or plan to establish “national human rights
institutions” to implement internationally recognized norms. This article offers a systematic …

In her poetic explorations, Sharmistha Mohanty locates a condition of solitude outside the
social and outside gender, where vulnerability is transfigured into plenitude. For her, the …

Providing a contemporary history of the Palestinian prisoners movement, this book illustrates
the centrality of the movement in the broader Palestinian national struggle. Based on direct …

This paper describes and reflects on the author's detention as a prominent Palestinian
geographer in an Israeli prison for 23 days by the Israeli Security Police (Shin Bet) in July …

In his commentary,“The Historiography of Difference,” Kunal Parker hits on two crucial and
interrelated themes that form the framework for debates in modern South Asian history …