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  • Human Rights & Gender Violence

    Translating International Law into Local Justice

    by Sally Engle Merry ...
    "An extraordinary account of the complex articulations of bureaucracy, policy, and local culture around the issue of violence against women. . . . A convincing argument for taking seriously the notion of local cultures and provides a model for how context, translation, values, and the particulars of social and institutional life can be given consideration." —Donald Brenneis, University of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Seductions of Quantification

    Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking

    by Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Chicago Series in Law and Society
    We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Yet counting things requires finding a way to make them comparable. And in the process of translating the confusion of social life into neat categories ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Colonizing Hawai'i

    The Cultural Power of Law

    by Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
    How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? The law was a cornerstone of the so-called civilizing process of nineteenth-century colonialism. It was simultaneously a means of transformation and a marker of the seductive idea of civilization. Sally Engle Merry reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Anthropology and Law

    A Critical Introduction

    by Mark Goodale, Sally Engle Merry ...
    An introduction to the anthropology of law that explores the connections between law, politics, and technologyFrom legal responsibility for genocide to rectifying past injuries to indigenous people, the anthropology of law addresses some of the crucial ethical issues of our day. Over the past twenty-five years, anthropologists have studied how new forms of law have reshaped important questions of ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender Violence

    A Cultural Perspective

    by Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series Book 3 - Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Engaged Anthropology
    Taking an anthropological perspective, this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and important directions in intervention and reform.Uses stories, personal accounts, case studies and a global perspective to provide a vivid and engaging portrait of forms of violence in gendered relationshipsExtensively covers many ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Governance by Indicators

    Global Power through Quantification and Rankings

    Edited by Kevin Davis, Angelina Fisher, Benedict Kingsbury, Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Law And Global Governance
    The use of indicators as a technique of global governance is increasing rapidly. Major examples include the World Bank's Doing Business Indicators, the World Bank's Good Governance and Rule of Law indicators, the Millennium Development Goals, and the indicators produced by Transparency International. Human rights indicators are being developed in the UN and regional and advocacy organizations. The ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • The New Legal Realism: Volume 2

    Studying Law Globally

    Edited by Heinz Klug, Sally Engle Merry ...
    This is the second of two volumes announcing the emergence of the new legal realism. At a time when the legal academy is turning to social science for new approaches, these volumes chart a new course for interdisciplinary research by synthesizing law on the ground, empirical research, and theory. Volume 2 explores the integration of global perspectives and information into our understanding of law ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Governance by Indicators

    Global Power through Quantification and Rankings

    Edited by Kevin Davis, Angelina Fisher, Benedict Kingsbury, Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Law And Global Governance
    The use of indicators as a technique of global governance is increasing rapidly. Major examples include the World Bank's Doing Business Indicators, the World Bank's Good Governance and Rule of Law indicators, the Millennium Development Goals, and the indicators produced by Transparency International. Human rights indicators are being developed in the UN and regional and advocacy organizations. The ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • The World of Indicators

    The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification

    Edited by Richard Rottenburg, Sung-Joon Park, Johanna Mugler, Sally E. Merry ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    The twenty-first century has seen a further dramatic increase in the use of quantitative knowledge for governing social life after its explosion in the 1980s. Indicators and rankings play an increasing role in the way governmental and non-governmental organizations distribute attention, make decisions, and allocate scarce resources. Quantitative knowledge promises to be more objective and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Quiet Power of Indicators

    Measuring Governance, Corruption, and Rule of Law

    Edited by Sally Engle Merry, Benedict Kingsbury, Kevin E. Davis ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    Using a power-knowledge framework, this volume critically investigates how major global indicators of legal governance are produced, disseminated and used, and to what effect. Original case studies include Freedom House's Freedom in the World indicator, the Global Reporting Initiative's structure for measuring and reporting on corporate social responsibility, the World Justice Project's ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Human Rights Transformation in Practice

    Edited by Tine Destrooper, Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis. But are human rights really on the verge of disappearing? Human Rights Transformation in Practice argues that it is certainly the case that human rights organizations in many parts of the world are under threat, but that the ideals of justice, fairness, and equality inherent in human rights remain appealing globally—and that recognizing ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Human Rights Transformation in Practice

    Edited by Tine Destrooper, Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis. But are human rights really on the verge of disappearing? Human Rights Transformation in Practice argues that it is certainly the case that human rights organizations in many parts of the world are under threat, but that the ideals of justice, fairness, and equality inherent in human rights remain appealing globally—and that recognizing ... Read more

    $53.99 USD