This book deploys the theory of encryption of to decrypt justice, setting in opposition Justice, written with the hegemonic capital letters of Western ideas, and justice, in its everyday workings within disparate communal forms and the exercise of multiplicity. \u003cbr\u003eAs it decrypts justice, the book argues that late-coloniality, through its construction of the \u0026ldquo;hidden people,\u0026rdquo; shattered the possibility of true communities in the service of a transcendent model, consisting ofthe market, the constitution, the nation, and the economy. The first three chapters serve as the theoretical backbone of the book, engaging sovereignty, posthumanism, Artificial Intelligence, and epistemic injustice. Chapters 4 and 5 describe the emancipation of the people through alternate communal practices: \u0026ldquo;Quilombismo\u0026rdquo; in Brazil and \u0026ldquo;Corazonar\u0026rdquo; of Tseltal women in Mexico. Chapter 7 examines the Tosepan\u0026rsquo;s practices in Mexico to decrypt hegemonic territorial forms, and chapters 6 and 8 explore how Western judicial systems disempower the people, focusing on Central American migrants and critiques from the Colombian peace process.\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Ricardo San\u0026iacute;n-Restrepo, Marinella Machado-Araujo, and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, \u003ci\u003eDecrypting Justice: From Epistemic Violence to Immanent Democracy\u003c/i\u003e is a transforming force, not only in the way which we understand reality but also in the tools with which we build it.
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