Introduction: Legal Empowerment in Transitions

Lars Teilhet Waldorf

doi:10.1080/13642987.2015.1029335

Introduction: Legal Empowerment in Transitions

Lars Teilhet Waldorf

Centre for Applied Human Rights

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Abstract

Despite the growing attention to and burgeoning literature on legal empowerment, there has been surprisingly little focus on how it might promote greater social justice during political transitions from authoritarianism and from conflict. Such transitions can provide opportunities for challenging structural inequalities and for promoting legal mobilization. This introductory article provides an overview of legal empowerment before examining its links to peacebuilding and transitional justice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-241
Number of pages	13
Journal	The International Journal of Human Rights
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2015.1029335
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2015

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WUN Research Mobility Grant
Waldorf, L. T.
11/03/13 → 18/03/13
Project: Other project › Other internal award
RPF 12/13 Transitional Justice and Legal Empowerment after Violence
Waldorf, L. T. & Jones, M. D.
1/08/12 → 31/07/13
Project: Other project › Other internal award

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RPF 12/13 Transitional Justice and Legal Empowerment after Violence

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