Promoting the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States

Informationen zum Autor Laura Grenfell is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where she teaches transitional justice, human rights, comparative constitutional law and public law. Klappentext Laura Grenfell critically evaluates how the rule of law is contextualized and promoted in states where customary law is prevalent. Zusammenfassung Laura Grenfell critically evaluates how the rule-of-law enterprise operates in post-conflict states where customary law is prevalent and legal pluralism is strong. Through two case studies! Promoting the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States offers a fresh analysis that will be of particular interest to scholars! international legal practitioners and constitutional policy makers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Grenfell, Laura (University of Adelaide) Grenfell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781107026193
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02619-3
• No. of pages: 329
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / International, Public International Law, Jurisprudence & general issues, International Organisations & Institutions