'Executive robbery': UK public law, race, and 'regimes of dispossession' in the Chagos Archipelago.
This article explores the relationship between United Kingdom (UK) public law and 'regimes of dispossession', taking the Chagos Archipelago as its point of departure. This article argues that this instance of dispossession, typically understood as fortifying the military power of the United States,...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Law & Society Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 57 - 82 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2024
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