Gender and the Rule of Law in Transitional Societies

  • Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Michael Hamilton

Summary

This article examines a unique relationship—specifically, the connection between the rule of law, as it is imported and experienced in post-conflict/post-repression societies, and gender. We assert that some of the most gendered and problematic dimensions of rule of law discourse and practice can arise with intensity in post-conflict or post-repressive societies. In particular, we explore a fundamental contradiction. Transitional societies bring powerful and transformative moments to global attention.

Citation

Ní Aoláin, Fionnuala and Michael Hamilton. “Gender and the Rule of Law in Transitional Societies.” Minnesota Journal of International Law 18 (2009): 380-402.

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