Law, Struggle, and Political Transformation in Northern Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8083643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kieran Mcevoy (0000-0003-1437-3388, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 542-571 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Law and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-323X • E-ISSN: 1467-6478 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-6478.00167 |
| OpenAlex | W2159489237 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
This article analyses the role of law as an element of the Republican Movement's violent and political struggle during the Northern Ireland conflict. The trials and legal hearings of paramilitary defendants, the use of judicial reviews in the prisons, and the use of law in the political arena are chosen as three interconnected sites which highlight the complex interaction between law and other forms of struggle. The author argues that these three sites illustrate a number of themes in understanding the role of law in processes of struggle and political transformation. These include: law as a series of dialogical processes both inside and outside a political movement; law as an instrumental process of struggle designed to materially and symbolically ‘resist’; and the constitutive effects of legal struggle upon a social and political movement. The article concludes with a discussion as to whether or not Republicans' emphasis upon ‘rights and equality’ and an end to armed struggle represents a ‘sell out’ of traditional Republican objectives
Dialogical self · Element (criminal law · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law
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The Political and Military Value of the “Set Piece” Killing Tactic in East Tyrone 1983–1992
The Malleability of Memory and Irish Republican Memory Entrepreneurship
Underground penality
Beyond the Metaphor
Navigating Risk
Victims and Transitional Justice
Cause Lawyering and Resistance in Israel
Justice in conflict
Don't Mention the War
How the ‘suspect community’ became ‘critical engagers
Setting a place at the table
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |