Dr Foluke Adebisi’s new book reflects on how the law is heavily implicated in creating, maintaining, and reproducing racialised hierarchies which bring about and preserve acute global disparities and injustices.
‘Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility’ (Bristol University Press, 2023) explores the ways in which the foundations of law are entangled in colonial thought and in its [re]production of ideas of commodification of bodies and space-time – and examines the ways in which we can use theories and praxes of decolonisation to produce legal knowledge for flourishing futures.
“Survival is being threatened on a planetary scale, through among other things the combined forces of global inequality, racial violence, and climate change. But as long as we are still here, as long as we can still breathe, we can dream of more beautiful worlds. My hope is that this book contributes to the fulfilment of those dreams.”
Find out more about the publication on the Bristol University Press website.
Book Launch Event
Join us on Friday 24 March, 4-6 pm, to celebrate the launch of ‘Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge’, in the the Lady Hale Moot Court, 8-10 Berkeley Square or online.
The launch will include a panel discussion and will be followed by a drinks reception.
Panel speakers:
- Professor Babatunde Fagbayibo, Professor in law at the University of Pretoria
- Professor Sujith Xavier, Associate Professor of law at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor.
- Professor Ambreena Manji, Professor of law, Cardiff University
- Dr Suhraiya Jivraj, Reader in Law, University of Kent
Please register for this event via Eventbrite