Powers of Reach: Legal Mobilization in a Post-apartheid Redress Campaign

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-41

  Akinwumi, Akin ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien Tort Claims Act; legal geography; legal mobilization; reach; redress; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875026495     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663912458112     Document Type: Article

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