This essay considers the relationship between legal-anthropology, human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples. The first part discusses the principal theoretical and methodological perspectives in legal anthropology; the second addresses the history of relations between anthropology and the concept of universal human rights since the mid-twentieth century. A third section focuses on the recent development of legal anthropology in Mexico, highlighting its contributions to debates and practice surrounding human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.
(2010) La antropología frente a los derechos humanos y los derechos indígenas,” in Ariadna Estévez y Daniel Vásquez (coords.) Los derechos humanos en las ciencias sociales: una perspectiva multidisciplinaria. Mexico: FLACSO-UNAM-CISAN: 191-219. ISBN: 978-607-7629-38-2