Browsing Department of Law by Subject "law and history"
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Beyond ‘memory laws’: Towards a general theory of law and historical discourse
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)There are countless ways in which law shapes public awareness of history. The current concept of ‘memory laws’ denotes only a small subset, and even that concept breaks down into several types. We must distinguish, for ... -
Theorising law and historical memory: Denialism and the pre-conditions of human rights
(Wildy, 2018-06-26)States’ efforts to mould historical memory have long attracted scholarly attention. In recent years, however, a focus on the role of legal norms and mechanisms as tools in those efforts has steadily sharpened. Most scholarship ...