Modelling Equality in the Midst of Religious Diversity: Lessons from Beyond Europe?

Abstract

The extent to which global legal systems are generated by, derived from, and adhere to European values is so widespread that it has become trite to present such an observation in conclusion to a series of high-quality essays as contained in this Special Issue. The offering of such critiques, be they the so-called Third World Approaches to International Law, or earlier Marxist or Feminist insights have also become imbibed into the dominant approach under neatly categorized approaches that are usually addressed (and considered dealt with) at the start of many legal discourses. More literature in the realm is now welcomed more regularly than before in scholarly circles, but rather than see it influence the dominant discourse, it is often pointed to as showing how accommodating the dominant, heavily Europeanized approaches to law remain.