Rights talk and the experience of law: Implementing women's human rights to protection from violence

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-381

  Engle Merry, Sally ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0037982479     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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