Abstract
Sujith Xavier, Beverley Jacobs, Valarie Waboose, Jeffery G. Hewitt, Amar Bhatia, Decolonizing Law: Indigenous, Third World and Settler Perspectives (1st edition, Routledge 2021) 320 pp. ISBN 9780367751883 (paperback)
Highlights
Book reviews typically carry a presumption of neutrality
2 Admittedly it is rare for books to break the ‘fourth wall’
“lifeworlds”, the book fills its reader with an overwhelming sense of community and belonging
Summary
Book reviews typically carry a presumption of neutrality. The reader is advised to approach the book and their review from an impartial place.[1] This advice, though, understates the bodily and personal experiences the act of reading instills in the readers. 2 Admittedly it is rare for books to break the ‘fourth wall’. Decolonizing Law: Indigenous, Third World, and Settler Perspectives is one of the rare occasions (hereinafter Decolonizing Law). Decolonizing Law moves you, at least it had that effect on me. I found the book moving for personal reasons. Aware of the ethical tensions between one’s origins and the choice of engaging with violent institutions like the law. 4 Faced with these struggles, I found Decolonizing Law cathartic and instructive in equal measure. In the immediate sentence, it defends the potential of the law to decolonize
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