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 1944-2020 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago London University of Chicago Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Publisher)
Table of Contents (Publisher)
Verlagsangaben (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 1848
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Keywords:
Women > Violence against
Women > Legal status, laws, etc
Human Rights
Culture and law
Culture conflict
Aufsatzsammlung
Frau > Menschenrecht > Verbrechensopfer > Rechtsstellung > Gewalttätigkeit
Frau > Gewalttätigkeit > Verbrechensopfer > Menschenrecht > Rechtsstellung
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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:0-226-52074-9
0-226-52073-0