Introduction: legal empowerment in transitions

Introduction: legal empowerment in transitions

Despite the growing attention to and burgeoning literature on legal empowerment, there has been surprisingly little focus on how it might promote greater social justice during political transitions from authoritarianism and from conflict. Such transitions can provide opportunities for challenging st...

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Veröffentlicht in:The international journal of human rights 2015-04, Vol.19 (3), p.229-241
1. Verfasser: Waldorf, Lars
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
access to justice
Authoritarianism
Inequality
legal empowerment
peacebuilding
rule of law
Social justice
transitional justice
Transitions
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Zusammenfassung:Despite the growing attention to and burgeoning literature on legal empowerment, there has been surprisingly little focus on how it might promote greater social justice during political transitions from authoritarianism and from conflict. Such transitions can provide opportunities for challenging structural inequalities and for promoting legal mobilisation. This introductory article provides an overview of legal empowerment before examining its links to peacebuilding and transitional justice.
ISSN:1364-2987
1744-053X
DOI:10.1080/13642987.2015.1029335