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C/L/497. Western, Asian and African assumptions about law: addressing legal plurality as global reality

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2010
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The paper compares the principles of Western law with Asian and African legal traditions arguing whether Eurocentric assumptions about law can be considered universal, and discussing the process of legal convergence. The paper argues whether the concept of ‘interlegality’, or legal plurality, is applicable in the globalised world.

 

KEYWORDS: Asian and African legal traditions, legal convergence, legal plurality, human rights,

 
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