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Anthropology Of Law
Fernanda Pirie
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Description for Anthropology Of Law
Paperback. Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the distinctive form of legal rules, categories, and claims, are placed at the centre of this introduction to the study of law and anthropology. It brings empirical scholarship within the scope of legal philosophy, while suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the form of legal rules, categories and claims, are placed at the centre of this challenging, yet accessible, introduction. Anthropology of law is presented as a distinctive subject within the broader field of legal anthropology, suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist, while also bringing empirical studies within the ambit of legal scholarship. The Anthropology of Law considers contemporary debates on human rights, international laws, and new forms of property alongside ethnographic studies of order and conflict resolution. It also delves into the rich corpus of texts ... Read more
Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the form of legal rules, categories and claims, are placed at the centre of this challenging, yet accessible, introduction. Anthropology of law is presented as a distinctive subject within the broader field of legal anthropology, suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist, while also bringing empirical studies within the ambit of legal scholarship. The Anthropology of Law considers contemporary debates on human rights, international laws, and new forms of property alongside ethnographic studies of order and conflict resolution. It also delves into the rich corpus of texts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Clarendon Law Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199696857
SKU
V9780199696857
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About Fernanda Pirie
Fernanda Pirie is a University Lecturer in socio-legal studies at the University of Oxford, and Director of the University's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. An anthropologist by training, following a career at the London Bar, she has carried out fieldwork for over a decade on the Tibetan plateau. Her studies have centred on conflict resolution, social order, and tribe-state relations, and ... Read more
Reviews for Anthropology Of Law
Fernanda Pirie has produced a hugely impressive and important piece of work for sociolegal studies. It is a genuinely interdisciplinary study that takes on a foundational question for our field: what is law? Her thesis, carefully constructed and defended, is provocative and, in my view, significant both for its content and or the method by which she produces it. Although ... Read more