Law in Culture and Society

1. Auflage, with a New Pref ed 1997
ISBN: 978-0-520-20833-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 695 g

As conflict resolution becomes increasingly important to urban and rural peoples around the globe, the value of this classic anthology of studies of process, structure, comparison, and perception of the law is acclaimed by policy makers as well as anthropologists throughout the world. The case studies include evidence from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, and they reflect the important shift from a concern with what law is to what law does.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nader, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface
Introduction, Laura Nader

PART I CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
Introduction, P.H. GULLIVER

Dispute Settlement Without Courts: The N Dendeuli of Southern Tanzania,

P. H. Gulliver

Styles of Court Procedure: To Make the Balance,

Laura Nader  Keresan Pueblo Law, E. Adamson Hoebel

Law at the Village Level: The Cottica Djuka of Surinam,

Andre J.F.Kobben

Ontology of the Judicial Thought of the Kahre of Northern Togo,
Raymond Verdier

Struck by Speech: The Yakan Concept of Litigation,

Charles 0. Frake

PART II LAW AND INNOVATION IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
Introduction, JAMES L. GIBBS, JR.

Law and Personality: Signposts for a New Direction,

James L. Gibbs, Jr.

Structural Change and Primitive Law: Consequences of a Papuan Legal Case,

Leopold Pospisil

Uniformity and Variation in Chief-Made Law: A Tswana Case Study
Isaac Schapera

Constitutional Ambiguities and the British Administration of Royal Careers Among the

Bemba of Zambia
Richard P. Werbner

PART III CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN WESTERN SOCIETIES
Introduction, VILHELM AUBERT

Law as a Way of Resolving Conflicts: The Case of a Small Industrialized Society
VILHELM AUBERT

The Offer of a Free Home: A Case Study in the Family Law of the Poor
Herma H. Kay

Cases, Courts, and Congestion
Gresham M. Sykes

PART IV COMPARATIVE STUDIES
Introduction, SALLY FALK MOORE

Concepts in the Comparative Study of Tribal Law
Max Gluckman

Descent and Legal Position
Sally Falk Moore

Ethnography and Comparison in Legal Anthropology

Paul Bohannan

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Nader is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include No Access to Law: Alternatives in the American Justice System, Harmony Ideology: Justice and Control in a Zapotec Mountain Village, and Naked Science.