‘Working’ on the rule of law: how international and local actors translated rule-of-law ideals into practice in East Timor

This project is an interdisciplinary study that engages with issues in the areas of transnational law, social change, and international development. I examine the role of transnational actors – international and local – in facilitating social change through legal reforms. Building on scholarship within transnational law and international development, I show how national legal fields facilitate recognising and regulating internationally identified social problems in local contexts. Using a case study, this project unpacks what happens when national/local communities start recognising and regulating social problems identified at the international level through law.