Merry, Sally Engle,

Human rights and gender violence translating international law into local justice Sally Engle Merry. - Chicago, Ill. Bristol University of Chicago Press University Presses Marketing distributor 2005. - ix, 269 p. 23 cm. - The Chicago series in law and society . - The Chicago series in law and society .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

0226520730 (hbk.) 9780226520735 (hbk.) 0226520749 (pbk.) 9780226520742 (pbk.)


Culture conflict
Culture and law
Human rights
Women--Violence against.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

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