Human Rights and Gender Violence
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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.
"A great contribution to our understanding of the interaction of international human rights norms and local cultureSally 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"
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226520742 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226520749 |
| Title | Human Rights and Gender Violence |
| Author | Sally Engle Merry |
| Series | Chicago Series In Law And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2005-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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