Inside and Outside the Law

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ISBN: 9780415129299 | 041512929X
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Copyright: 12/6/1996

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Inside and Outside the Lawanalyzes the relationship between the law, the state and its citizens. Drawing on general theories and specific case-studies, it examines the diverse ways in which people in different cultural and historical settings have experienced the ambiguities of law. With chapters that encompass countries such as Peru, Mozambique, Spain, Iran, the US and Britain this book has a strong global perspective.

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Introduction,Olivia Harris
The State and Its Attributes
The Particular Context of Universal Claims: Human Rights Talk and Anthropological Ambivalence
Vigilantism in Comparative Perspective
Trading in Ambiguity: Law, Rights and Realities in the Distribution of Land in Northern Mozambique
Sexuality and Legitimacy
The Law and the Market: Rhetorics of Exclusion and Inclusion Among London Prostitutes
In Praise of Bastardy: The Uncertainties of Mestizo Identity
Living Their Lives in Courts: The Hegemonic Force of the Tswana Kgnotla in a Colonial Context
A Public Flogging in South-western Iran: Juridical Rule, Abolition of Legality and Local Resistance
Which Centre, Whose Margin?
Notes
Towards an Archaeology of US Supreme Court Case 91-948 1993 (Church of the Lukumi vs City of Hialeah, Southern Florida)
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