Human Rights Encounter Legal Pluralism

This slim volume ... is packed with rich detail that contributes to a deep theoretical engagement with both the legal pluralism and human rights literatures. The papers collectively and individually push the theoretical envelope through which we conceptualize legal pluralism, and better understand its intersections with human rights. -- Melanie G. Wiber, Department of Anthropology, University of New Brunswick * The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law *

Giselle Corradi is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Human Rights Centre at the Law Faculty of Ghent University. Eva Brems is Professor of Human Rights Law at Ghent University. Mark Goodale is Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Lausanne.

INTRODUCTION 1. Human Rights and Legal Pluralism: Four Research Agendas Giselle Corradi PART ONE: NORMATIVE APPROACHES 2. Legal Pluralism as a Human Right and/or as a Human Rights Violation Eva Brems 3. Legal Pluralism and International Human Rights Law: A Multifaceted Relationship Ellen Desmet 4. Human Rights, Cultural Diversity and Legal Pluralism from an Indigenous Perspective: The Awas Tingni Case Felipe Gmez Isa 5. Taking the Challenge of Legal Pluralism for Human Rights Seriously Andr Hoekema 6. Indigenous Justice and the Right to a Fair Trial Giselle Corradi PART TWO: EMPIRICAL APPROACHES 7. Gender, Human Rights and Legal Pluralities in Southern Africa: A Matter of Context and Power Anne Hellum and Rosalie Katsande 8. Womens Rights and Transnational Aid Programmes in Niger: The Conundrums and Possibilities of Neoliberalism and Legal Pluralism Kari B Henquinet 9. Legal Borderlands: Ghanaian Human Rights Advocacy between the Layers of Law Catherine Buerger 10. Insiders Perspectives on Muslim Divorce in Belgium: A Womens Rights Analysis Kim Lecoyer 11. Through the Looking Glass of Diversity: The Right to Family Life from the Perspectives of Transnational Families in Belgium Barbara Truffi n and Olivier Struelens