Claiming the law: an ethnography of Bolivian women's access to justice and legal consciousness

There have been a number of legal reforms in Bolivia since the first indigenous president, Evo Morales, came to power in 2006. In 2009 a New Constitution was enacted which included rights for women and expanded legal recognition of indigenous groups. In 2013, in order to address rising rates of viol...

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1. VerfasserIn: Rogers, Ashley Sarah Frances (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
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