Rights after wrongs : local knowledge and human rights in Zimbabwe /

The international legal framework of human rights presents itself as universal. But rights do not exist as a mere framework; they are enacted, practiced, and debated in local contexts. Rights After Wrongs ethnographically explores the chasm between the ideals and the practice of human rights. Specif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morreira, Shannon, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
Colección:Stanford studies in human rights.
Temas:
Human rights > Anthropological aspects > Zimbabwe.
International law and human rights > Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans > Civil rights > South Africa.
Droit international et droits de l'homme > Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwéens > Droits > Afrique du Sud.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Human rights > Anthropological aspects.
International law and human rights.
South Africa.
Zimbabwe.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the rise of rights talk in Zimbabwe
  • "Panel-beating the law" : constitution-making in Zimbabwe
  • Justice in a time of impunity : remaking social worlds after political violence
  • Producing knowledge about human rights in Harare
  • Personhood and rights among Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa
  • Conclusion : the situationality of human rights.

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