New Publications on Legal Pluralism 2
The list includes recent academic publications (2025) exploring various dimensions of legal pluralism. They reflect a diversity of regional contexts, thematic perspectives, and methodological approaches. To facilitate navigation, the entries are grouped by geographic or thematic relevance.
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Global / Theoretical Perspectives
1. George Mousourakis. 2025. *Traversing Legal Traditions: Perspectives on Comparative Law and Legal History* (esp. pp. 299–316). Main Link DOI
2. Bharat Malkani. 2025. “Legal Pluralism, Decolonisation and Socio-legal Studies,” *Journal of Law and Society*. Main Link DOI
3. Margaret Davies. 2025. “Decolonising (and) Legal Pluralism,” *Journal of Law and Society*. Main Link DOI
4. Tobias Berger. 2025. “Diversity in Translation: The European Union's Development Cooperation and the Promotion of Legal Order in Plural Societies,” *International Journal for the Semiotics of Law*. Main Link DOI
5. César Bazán Seminario. 2025. “Decolonising Legal Theory: The Rule of Law and the Legalisation of Legal Pluralism,” *Revista Via Iuris*. Main Link
Asia (incl. Indonesia and Pakistan)
6. Fehmeed Rehan, Hassan Jalil Shah, Sanaullah Khan. 2025. “Blasphemy Vigilantism in Pakistan: Legal Pluralism, Governance Failure, and the Breakdown of Formal Justice,” *International Journal of Social Sciences Bulletin*. Main Link
7. Adnan Mahmutovic and Mohammed Alsudais. 2025. “The Effect of Legal Pluralism and Governance on Redefining Power and Accountability in Globalized Context,” *Petita*. Main Link
8. Ali Masyhar et al. 2025. “Reclaiming the Unwritten: Living Law's Prospects under Indonesia's 2023 Penal Reform,” *Jambe Law Journal*. Main Link DOI
9. Aras Sara Negara and Lilik Rita Lindayani. 2025. “The Consistency of Customary Law in the Contemporary Era: A Study on the Tension Between Local Norms and State Legal Systems,” *Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Studies*. Main Link
10. Zulfitri Zulkarnain Suleman et al. 2025. “Negotiating Islamic Moderation: The Interplay of Sharia and Local Culture in Gorontalo, Minangkabau, and Banten,” *Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Syir’ah*. Main Link
Australia
11. Harry Hobbs. 2025. “Indigenous Treaty-Making and Legal Pluralism in Australia,” *Legalities* (postprint). Main Link
Latin America
12. Katherine Becerra Valdivia. 2025. “Legal Pluralism, Interlegality and the Principle of Interculturalism in Latin America: Developing the Concept of Intercultural/Legalities,” *Law and Critique*. Main Link DOI
Europe (Historical)
13. John Baker. 2025. “Legal Pluralism in the Law Courts of Early Modern England,” in *The Oxford Handbook of English Law and Literature, 1500–1700*. Main Link DOI
