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Tribute to Sally Merry's Scholarship from an International Law Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Caroline de Lima e Silva
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Sally Merry was a remarkable scholar and her loss will make a profound impact on the scholarship that shapes the intersection between international human rights law and the local sphere. Hence, the aim of this essay is to make a small tribute to a selected part of her scholarship that connects law and anthropology. Merry shifted the understanding of international law from a global and utopian perspective to something tangible and feasible, which has a direct influence on people's lives and communities.

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In Memoriam: Tributes to Sally Engle Merry
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Law & Society Review , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 868 - 873
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© 2020 Law and Society Association.

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