Abstract

CRUZ RUEDA, Elisa  and  ELIZONDO ZENTENO, María del Pilar. Indigenous law compared: Indigenous law analyzed from its own parameters. LiminaR [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.1, e887.  Epub Sep 12, 2022. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v20i1.887.

The objective of this article is to underscore the importance of studying indigenous law based on its own parameters. We discuss the results of a scholarly literature review regarding indigenous normative systems within the fields of anthropology and law. We conclude that to achieve real legal pluralism and recognize Mexico’s pluriculturality in keeping with Article Two of its Constitution, it is necessary to study indigenous law based on its own parameters. Otherwise, any dialogue that claims to be intercultural would continue to reproduce the imposition of the hegemonic culture on the rest of the peoples that make up the Mexican nation.

Keywords : otherness; cultural diversity; anthropological expertise; human rights; normative systems.

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