Legal Anthropology An Introduction

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ISBN: 9780759109834 | 0759109834
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Copyright: 12/28/2007

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Legal Anthropology: An Introduction offers an initial overview into the challenging debates surrounding the cross-cultural analysis of legal systems. Equal parts review and criticism, the text outlines the historical landmarks in the development of the discipline, identifying both strengths and weaknesses of each stage and contribution.

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction: Why Study Legal Anthropology?	p. xiii
General Theoretical Background	p. 1
Philosophical Starting Points	p. 3
Studying Law in the Field	p. 16
Forerunners	p. 27
Natural Law: Description and Reactions	p. 29
Sociology of Law	p. 46
Ethnographic Foundations	p. 57
The Classic Period	p. 59
Malinowski and Reciprocity-Based Law	p. 69
Schapera and Codification of Indigenous Law	p. 79
Hoebel and the Rise of Legal Realism	p. 88
Gluckman and Identification of Legal Universals	p. 100
Bohannan and Relativism	p. 112
Pospisil and Differentiating the Institutions of Social Regulation	p. 123
Postclassic Ethnography	p. 133
Nader and Processualism	p. 135
O'Barr and Conley and Studying Up	p. 148
Highlights of Comparative Anthropology	p. 159
Cross-Cultural Comparison	p. 161
Dispute Resolution	p. 175
Legal Pluralism	p. 186
Issues in Applied Legal Anthropology	p. 195
Human Rights	p. 197
Intellectual Property Rights	p. 209
The Culture Defense	p. 216
Terrorism	p. 231
Conclusions	p. 241
A Fairness-Centered Legal Anthropology	p. 243
Overview and Prospects	p. 255
Index	p. 259
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