Title: Beyond rule of law orthodoxy : the legal empowerment alternative

Authors: Golub, Stephen

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: Carnegie endowment for international peace

Year: 2003

Journal: Carnegie endowment working papersRule of law series

Volume: 41

PAGE: --

Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women's rights, empowerment, legal aspects, ecuador, south africa, philippines, nepal, senegal, bangladesh

Abstract: The international aid field of law and development focuses too much on law, lawyers, and state institutions, and too little on development, the poor, and civil society. This paper argues that an alternate, more balanced approach, namely legal empowerment, is often preferable.

URL: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/wp41.pdf

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