"We Are the Genuine People": Legality and Legitimacy in the Sierra Leonean 
Diamond

Engwicht, Nina

doi:10.1093/oso/9780198794974.003.0011

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"We Are the Genuine People": Legality and Legitimacy in the Sierra Leonean Diamond

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Engwicht, Nina
International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society;
Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate, Academy for Crisis Prevention and Civil Conflict Management, Landau, Germany;

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The study of legality and illegality in markets usually relies on the assumption of “consolidated” statehood. This is surprising given that the strong state is by far an exception rather than the norm in the international system. It raises the question of how illegality is socially defined and enacted in contexts in which statehood is limited; that is, when the legitimacy, capability, and willingness of political authorities to develop and enforce a coherent body of laws is restricted. Analyzing social interactions in Sierra Leone’s illegal diamond market, this chapter argues that in order to understand illegality in situations of limited statehood it is crucial to take into account how illegal economies and their relation to the legal sphere are shaped by social norms of legitimacy.