Plural-legalities and the clash between customary law and ‘child rights talk’ among rural communities in Kenya

IF 0.9 3区 社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES Journal of Eastern African Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/17531055.2022.2070301
D. Ngira
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ABSTRACT Plural-legal societies are often characterized by a clash between various conflicting socio-legal realities. This paper starts by exploring the various contestations in human rights and the clash between rights and moral values. Using fieldwork from the Kipsigis community in Kenya, this paper explores the clash between community customary value systems and the language of rights as contained in child rights instruments. The paper demonstrates the prevalence of care ethics as a customary value system and examines how care ethics is upheld or (violated) in children’s matters among grassroots communities such as the Kipsigis. This research revealed that contrary to universalized notions of child well-being which are anchored on rights realization, children among the Kipsigis attain their well-being through non-rights based approaches that encompass the ethics of care and the ‘do no harm principle’ as well as that of customary entitlements (living rights) whose foundation and enforcement systems are different from universal notions of rights.
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肯尼亚农村社区的多元法律以及习惯法和“儿童权利谈话”之间的冲突
多元法律社会的特点往往是各种相互冲突的社会法律现实之间的冲突。本文首先探讨了人权的各种争论以及权利与道德价值的冲突。本文利用肯尼亚Kipsigis社区的实地调查,探讨了社区习惯价值体系与儿童权利文书所载权利语言之间的冲突。本文展示了护理伦理作为一种习惯价值体系的普遍性,并考察了在Kipsigis等基层社区的儿童事务中,护理伦理是如何得到维护或(违反)的。这项研究表明,与以实现权利为基础的普遍的儿童福祉观念相反,Kipsigis中的儿童通过非基于权利的方法获得福祉,这些方法包括照顾伦理和“不伤害原则”以及习惯权利(生活权利),其基础和执行系统不同于普遍的权利概念。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Eastern African Studies is an international publication of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, published four times each year. It aims to promote fresh scholarly enquiry on the region from within the humanities and the social sciences, and to encourage work that communicates across disciplinary boundaries. It seeks to foster inter-disciplinary analysis, strong comparative perspectives, and research employing the most significant theoretical or methodological approaches for the region.
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