Promoting the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States

ISBN-13: 9781107026193 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 329 str.

Laura Grenfell

Opis

Laura Grenfell critically evaluates how the rule of law is contextualized and promoted in states where customary law is prevalent.

Recenzje

'Grenfell has amassed so much intriguing material that I strongly recommend her study to all who care about legal pluralism and the way it may interact with the promotion of the rule of law and human rights.' Andre J. Hoekemaa, Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law

Spis treści

Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The globalised relationship between the rule of law and legal pluralism; 3. The conceptual relationship between the rule of law and legal pluralism in post-conflict states; Part II: 4. 'One law for one nation' - how the rule of law and legal pluralism figure in South Africa's constitutional dispensation; 5. Can the rule of law and legal pluralism assist 'the most vulnerable groups' in South Africa?; Part III: 6. Founding a legal system in post-conflict Timor-Leste; 7. Timor-Leste's first decade of independence; 8. Conclusion.