Promoting the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States

@inproceedings{Grenfell2013PromotingTR,
  title={Promoting the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict States},
  author={Laura Grenfell},
  year={2013}
}
Part I: 1. Introduction 2. The globalised relationship between the rule of law and legal pluralism 3. The conceptual relationship between the rule of law and legal pluralism in post-conflict states Part II: 4. 'One law for one nation' - how the rule of law and legal pluralism figure in South Africa's constitutional dispensation 5. Can the rule of law and legal pluralism assist 'the most vulnerable groups' in South Africa? Part III: 6. Founding a legal system in post-conflict Timor-Leste 7… 
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