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Human Rights and Gender Violence – Translating International Law into Local Justice (Chicago Series in Law and Society) Hardcover – 20 Jan. 2006

by Sally Engle Merry (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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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 thus 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.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0226520730
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0226520735
  3. Publisher
    University of Chicago Press
  4. Publication date
    20 Jan. 2006
  5. Part of series
    Chicago Series in Law and Society
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
  8. Print length
    264 pages
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"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"

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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 Violence investigates 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press (20 Jan. 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226520730
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226520735
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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4.0 out of 5 stars More about UN than gender
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Book for Anth of human rights course.

Great way to learn about how the UN really functions. To me, that's far more what this book is about than gender across the globe. It's about how the UN deals with issues and how countries put forth (or don't) their agendas.
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