Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justi

The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Human Rights and Gender Violence by Sally Engle Merry

A study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. The author offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power. This book will interest students of gender studies and anthropology.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts. As a result, substantial discrepancies exist between what is decided in the halls of the United Nations and what women experience on a daily basis in their communities. Human Rights and Gender Violence is an ambitious study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. As an observer of UN diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries, Sally Engle Merry offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power. Providing legal and anthropological perspectives, Merry contends that human rights law must be framed in local terms to be accepted and effective in altering existing social hierarchies. Gender violence in particular, she argues, is rooted in deep cultural and religious beliefs, so change is often vehemently resisted by the communities perpetrating the acts of aggression.A much-needed exploration of how local cultures appropriate and enact international human rights law, this book will be of enormous value to students of gender studies and anthropology alike.

Flap

Despite the best efforts of the United Nations and advances in human rights law, violence against women across the globe is still perpetuated in the gap between legal principle and local practices.Human Rights and Gender Violenceinvestigates the tensions between global law and local justice from an insider's perspective. As an observer of UN diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries, Sally Engle Merry shows how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while it reinforces and expands state power. Using an approach that is both legal and anthropological, Merry contends that international human rights law must be framed in local terms to be accepted and thus effective.

Author Biography

Sally Engle Merry is professor of anthropology and the Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas at Wellesley College. She is the author of several books, including Colonizing Hawai'i: The Cultural Process of Law and Getting Justice and Getting Even, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Culture and Transnationalism 2. Creating Human Rights 3. Gender Violence and the CEDAW Process 4. Disjunctures between Global Law and Local Justice 5. Legal Transplants and Cultural Translation: Making Human Rights in the Vernacular 6. Localizing Human Rights and Rights Consciousness 7. Conclusions Notes References Index

Review

"A great contribution to our understanding of the interaction of international human rights norms and local culture. Sally Engle Merry succeeds in showing the complexity of this relationship through a solid grounding in a great deal of field research." - Cynthia Bowman, Northwestern University School of Law"

Review Quote

"This is an important book that should receive extensive attention. . . . [It] makes major contributions not simply to studies of human rights and gender violence, but also to our knowledge of law, globalization, culture, and power in a world where transcultural ideas have an important capacity to promote change, but only through the processes by which they are mobilized, translated, and appropriated."

Details ISBN0226520749 Author Sally Engle Merry Short Title HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER VIOLENCE Language English ISBN-10 0226520749 ISBN-13 9780226520742 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2005 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Translating International Law into Local Justice Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Residence US Birth 1944 Affiliation Professor of Anthropology, New York University Illustrations black & white illustrations Edition New edition DOI 10.1604/9780226520742 UK Release Date 2005-12-15 NZ Release Date 2005-12-15 US Release Date 2005-12-15 Pages 264 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Series Chicago Series in Law and Society Publication Date 2005-12-15 DEWEY 362.88082 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2005-12-14 We've got this

At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love!

30 DAY RETURN POLICY

No questions asked, 30 day returns!

FREE DELIVERY

No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free.

SECURE PAYMENT

Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161787191;