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Today, a transnational constellation of 'rule of law' experts advise on 'good' legal systems to countries in the Global South. Yet these experts often claim that the 'rule of law' is nearly impossible to define, and they frequently point to the limits of their own expertise. In this innovative book, Deval Desai identifies this form of expertise as 'expert ignorance'. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Desai draws on insights from legal theory, sociology, development studies, and performance studies to explore how this paradoxical form of expertise works in practice. With a range of illustrative cases that span both global and local perspectives, this book considers the impact of expert ignorance on the rule of law and on expert governance more broadly. Contributing to the study of transnational law, governance, and expertise, Desai demonstrates the enduring power of proclaiming what one does not know. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Rule of law. --- Law reform. --- Law and economic development. --- Expertise --- Social aspects. --- Specialization --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Ability --- Economic development and law --- Law and development --- Economic development --- Legal reform --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law

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There is broad recognition, across the political spectrum and in both 'northern' and 'southern' countries, that justice reform, and more generally the promotion of the 'rule of law', are central to development policy, particularly in conflict-affected, fragile and violent contexts. More recently an increased focus on global security and the interaction between security and development as put a renewed emphasis on such efforts. However, while legal, regulatory and 'justice' institutions are now seen as key part of the 'solution' to problems of conflict, fragility and development, this recognition is not matched by a correspondingly clear sense of what should be done, how it should be done, by whom, in what order, or how 'success' may be determined. There often tends to be a clear misunderstanding of both the nature of the problem and (thus) of the solution. In this paper, the author seek to provide some insight into these questions and sketch out a practical conception of effective justice reform in situations of conflict and fragility that may provide the basis for effective programming.

Access to Justice --- Accountability --- Administrative Law --- Arbitration --- Armed Forces --- Bankruptcy --- Bribery --- Children and Youth --- Civil Society Organizations --- Common Law --- Conflict and Development --- Conflict Resolution --- Constitutions --- Corruption --- Corruption & anticorruption Law --- Courts --- Customary Law --- Discrimination --- Economic Development --- Elections --- Empowerment --- Equality --- Federalism --- Foundations --- Freedom of Information --- Gangs --- Gender --- Genocide --- Good Governance --- Homicide --- Human Rights --- Informal Sector --- Inheritance --- International Cooperation --- International Donors --- International Law --- Judicial Reform --- Judiciary --- Jurisdiction --- Land Disputes --- Law and Development --- Leadership --- Legal Aid --- Legal Products --- Legislation --- Legislative Process --- Mediation --- Patronage --- Peacebuilding --- Political Parties --- Political Will --- Post Conflict Reconstruction --- Privatization --- Property Rights --- Public Opinion --- Rule of Law --- Sanctions --- Separation of Powers --- Social Development --- Technical Assistance --- Theft --- Transparency --- Universities --- Violence --- War Crimes --- Youth