Negotiating justice: legal pluralism and gender-based violence in Liberia

Liberalism, Justice and Cultural Pluralism

Classic.1J libcr;llism as opposed to traditional conceprs has csr.1hlirhcd a nntinn of justice which eavis.1ge.s rbe equality of individuw (negutivt!) freedom.1 rwd (turcllay) rights. Under tbc influence of sociolist criticism modem-day liberal~ !J.1vc he<m trying tn include within rhr, concept of ;i1stice tbc: prob/c:~n of the ch~'lribuuuu ul pus1tive fr<,edoms lll1d rights. The already dassJc...

The Internet, Legal Regulation and Legal Pluralism

Considerable academic effort is being expended in considering how to regulate various activities on the internet, particularly those as relate to obscene material, breaches of privacy and challenges to intellectual property rights. Post and Johnson (1997) offer the following solution which is typical; 'We believe that the most obvious answer to this question -existing territorial sovereigns -ma...

REDUCING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE 1 Reducing Gender-Based Violence Laurie Ball Cooper* Tahirih Justice Center Skadden Fellow

Domestic violence and child nutrition in Liberia.

Domestic violence against women is endemic globally and is an important social problem in its own right. A compounding concern is the impact of domestic violence against mothers on the nutritional status of their children. Liberia is an apt setting to examine this understudied topic, given the poor nutritional status of young children, high rate of domestic violence against women, and prolonged...

Gender Violence and the Rule of Law: Indigenous Communities in Australia and Post-war Liberia