Sally Engle Merry and Global Legal Pluralism

When I started out as a law professor in 1998, I had the extraordinary good fortune to be invited to join a law, culture, and society reading group hosted at Amherst College. This group was fundamental to my development as a scholar in a great many ways, but among the most important was that it brought me into contact with Sally Engle Merry. And Sally, being the incredibly friendly and generous person that she was, extended herself to me from the start, offering her mentorship, providing advice, and generally serving as a bright-spirited and supportive academic comrade. Over the next two decades, we stayed in regular contact. We participated in panels and workshops together. Sally commented on my work, both formally and informally. And nearly every book or article I have published over the past 15 years cites Sally at least once. Finally, I am honored that perhaps Sally's last published work appeared in print shortly after her death in a volume I edited, The Oxford Handbook of Global Legal Pluralism (Berman 2020a). The last email I have from her was typical. She offered enthusiastic congratulations to me on finishing this book, with no reference to her own role as a crucial contributor. Even as her own strength was ebbing, she was a cheerleader for others

CITES · Media studies · Mentorship · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Comparative and International Law Studies · International Law and Human Rights · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Philosophy

• La Crítica Postanarquista Al Derecho

  Open Access•Felipe Tenorio Obando•Nuestrapraxis revista de…•2021

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• Intersecting injustices

  Open Access•Tasneem Kakal, Asha Khalil Abdalla Elkarib et al.•International Journal for Equity…•2025

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• National Interests in International Society

  Martha Finnemore•National Interests in International…•1996

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• The Common Place of Law

  Patricia Ewick, Susan S Silbey•The Common Place of Law•1998

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• The Seductions of Quantification

  Sally Engle Merry•Seductions of Quantification•2016

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• Global Legal Pluralism

  Open Access•Paul Schiff Berman•Global Legal Pluralism•2012

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• The Oxford Handbook of Global Legal Pluralism

  Paul Schiff Berman•Oxford Handbook of Global Legal…•2020

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• The Limits of International Law

  Jack L Goldsmith, Eric A Posner•The Limits of International Law•2005

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• Authority and the Globalisation of Inclusion and Exclusion

  Hans Lindahl•Authority and the Globalisation…•2018

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• The Quiet Power of Indicators

  Open Access•Angelina Fisher, Christopher G Bradley et al.•Quiet Power of Indicators•2015

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• What is Legal Pluralism

  Jacob Griffiths, John Griffiths•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•1986

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• Critical Legal Histories

  Robert W Gordon•Stanford Law Review•1984

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• Modern and Traditional Administration of Justice in New Guinea

  Leopold Pospisil•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•1981

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• Non-Contractual Relations in Business

  Stewart Macaulay•American Sociological Review•1963

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• Legal Pluralism

  Open Access•Sally Engle Merry•Law & Society Review•1988

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• Law and Social Change

  Open Access•Sally Falk Moore•Law & Society Review•1973

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• The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong

  Sally Engle Merry, Rachel E Stern•Current Anthropology•2005

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