Human rights and gender violence: translating international law into local justice

Introduction: Culture and transnationalism -- Creating human rights -- Gender violence and the CEDAW process -- Disjunctures between global law and local justice -- Legal transplants and cultural translation : making human rights in the vernacular -- Localizing human rights and rights consciousness...

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Main Author: Merry, Sally Engle (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago London University of Chicago Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Verlagsangaben (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
Culture and law
Culture conflict
Frau > Gewalttätigkeit > Verbrechensopfer > Menschenrecht > Rechtsstellung
Frau > Menschenrecht > Verbrechensopfer > Rechtsstellung > Gewalttätigkeit
Human Rights
Women > Legal status, laws, etc
Women > Violence against
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Summary:Introduction: Culture and transnationalism -- Creating human rights -- Gender violence and the CEDAW process -- Disjunctures between global law and local justice -- Legal transplants and cultural translation : making human rights in the vernacular -- Localizing human rights and rights consciousness -- Conclusions.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index
Physical Description:ix, 269 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:0226520749
0226520730