Title: The Application of Socio-Legal Theories of Legal Pluralism to Understanding the Implementation and Integration of Human Rights Law
Abstract: This article sets out the value of socio-legal theories of legal pluralism in understanding both the implementation and the integration of multilayered human rights. Legal pluralism is concerned with the coexistence of different normative orders within one socio-political space. Theories of the interactions between human rights and legal pluralism help to understand why and how human rights (do not) acquire meaning in a given setting and how to thus – from a normative point of view – enable the integration of human rights in a given setting. Concepts central to this analysis are the notion of a semi-autonomous social field, the role of actors, of power differentials and of framing, all understood via empirical research. The theoretical insights on how legal pluralism helps to understand and support human rights implementation and integration is illustrated with the case of passive voting rights of orthodox-protestant (SGP) women in the Netherlands.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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