Anthropology and international law

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 99-116

  Merry, Sally Engle ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Human rights; Indigenous rights; Legal pluralism; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PEACE PROCESS; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 33751023743     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123245     Document Type: Review

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