Human rights encounter legal pluralism : normative and empirical approaches / edited by Giselle Corradi, Eva Brems and Mark Goodale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brems, Eva, editor.

Corradi, Giselle, editor.

Goodale, Mark, editor.

Series:

Oñati international series in law and society.

Oñati international series in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law and human rights.

Human rights.

Legal polycentricity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This collection of essays interrogates how human rights law and practice acquire meaning in relation to legal pluralism, ie, the co-existence of more than one regulatory order in a same social field. As a social phenomenon, legal pluralism exists in all societies. As a legal construction, it is characteristic of particular regions, such as post-colonial contexts. Drawing on experiences from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe, the contributions in this volume analyse how different configurations of legal pluralism interplay with the legal and the social life of human rights. At the same time, they enquire into how human rights law and practice influence interactions that are subject to regulation by more than one normative regime. Aware of numerous misunderstandings and of the mutual suspicion that tends to exist between human rights scholars and anthropologists, the volume includes contributions from experts in both disciplines and intends to build bridges between normative and empirical theory

Contents:

Human rights and legal pluralism : four research agendas

Giselle corradi

Legal pluralism as a human right and

or as a human rights violation

Eva Brems

Legal pluralism and international human rights law : a multifaceted relationship

Ellen Desmet

Human rights, cultural diversity, and legal pluralism from an indigenous perspective : the Awas Tingni case

Felipe Gomez Isá

Taking the challenge of legal pluralism for human rights seriously

Andre Hoekema

Indigenous justice and the right to a fair trial

Giselle Corradi

Gender, human rights, and legal pluralities in Southern Africa : a matter of context and power

Anne Hellum and Rosalie Katsande

Women's rights and transnational aid programs in Niger : the conundrums and possibilities of neoliberalism and legal pluralism

Kari Henquinet

Legal borderlands : Ghanaian human rights advocacy between layers of law

Catherine Buerger

Insiders' perspectives on Muslim divorce in Belgium : a women's rights analysis

Kim Lecoyer

Through the looking glass of diversity : the right to family life from the perspective of transnational families in Belgium

Barbara Truffin and Olivier Struelens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781849467735

1849467730

9781849467728

1849467722

9781849467711

1849467714

OCLC:

966971669