Law in Conflict
The Judicialization of Mining Disputes in Peru
Abstract
Peru's industrial mining sector is highly conflictual and characterized by social disputes. Many of these conflicts are fought not only in politics but also in the courts, as activists attempt to hold corporate and state actors liable for human rights violations. At the same time, they face an increasing criminalization of their protests. Law is thus both an emancipatory tool for activists to access justice and an instrument for political and economic elites to prevent social change. Based on ethnographic field work, Angela Lindt sheds light on various mining disputes in Cajamarca and Piura and examines the role of law in resolving these conflicts.
Keywords
Human Rights; Social Movements; Mining; Peru; Protest; Law; Transnational Corporations; Democracy; Politics; Economy; International Relations; Political ScienceDOI
10.14361/9783839469699ISBN
9783839469699, 9783837669695, 9783839469699Publisher
transcript VerlagPublisher website
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/Publication date and place
Bielefeld, 2023Series
Soziale Bewegung und Protest, 13Classification
Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action
International relations
Human rights, civil rights