The political unconscious of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrine(s)
The political unconscious of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrine(s)
This article reviews the history and politics of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrines in light of recent judgments in Belhaj and Rahmatullah. It argues that the doctrines have a political unconscious – a term borrowed from literary theorist Fredric Jameson – and that an appreciation of this should inform the Supreme Court’s approach to the forthcoming appeals
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Nicholson, Matthew
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9 July 2015
Nicholson, Matthew
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Nicholson, Matthew
(2015)
The political unconscious of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrine(s).
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 64 (4), .
(doi:10.1017/S0020589315000299).
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This article reviews the history and politics of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrines in light of recent judgments in Belhaj and Rahmatullah. It argues that the doctrines have a political unconscious – a term borrowed from literary theorist Fredric Jameson – and that an appreciation of this should inform the Supreme Court’s approach to the forthcoming appeals
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Accepted/In Press date: 15 June 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 July 2015
Published date: 9 July 2015
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380980
ISSN: 0020-5893
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