In this article, I examine the shifting language of debates over law and justice in Zimbabwe in the run-up to, and following, the November 2017 coup. I argue that the rhetoric Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) drew upon to secure its authority and negotiate legitimacy through law, shifted from a focus of ‘sovereignty’ and ‘protection’, to one of battling ‘corruption’ and ‘criminality’. At the same time, there remained a consistency in the manner that the legal system was used to target a select part of the country’s population, those opposed to ZANU–PF and its vision for the future.

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从“捍卫主权”到“反腐败”：2017年11月后津巴布韦的法律政治地位

在本文中，我研究了在2017年11月政变发生之前和之后津巴布韦关于法律和正义的辩论的语言转变。我认为，津巴布韦夸夸其谈的非洲民族联盟爱国阵线（ZANU-PF）依靠其法律来确保其权威和合法性的谈判，从“主权”和“保护”的重点转移到了与“腐败”和“腐败”的斗争中。 “犯罪”。同时，在使用法律制度来针对该国人口的特定部分，反对ZANU-PF及其对未来的愿景的人群方面，存在着一致性。