Law and Anthropology
A Reader
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:2nd Aug '04
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- Paperback£39.95(9781405102285)
This Reader offers a remarkable overview of the field of law and anthropology: its development, present, and potential future courses.
- Edited by a preeminent anthropologist, lawyer, and pioneer in the study of law & anthropology.
- Brings together classics of political thought and key contemporary work from social scientists and lawyers.
- Explores historical issues and more contemporary ones such as illegal migration, human rights, gender discrimination, political corruption, and reparations for injustices committed by previous regimes.
“Sally Falk Moore’s insightful commentary pulls together a delightful combination of the classics and the cutting edge in legal anthropology. This book is both evidence of and an important event in the story of the re-emergence of legal anthropology as a powerful source of critical inquiry both in law and in anthropology.” Bryant Garth, Director, American Bar Foundation
“Law and Anthropology: A Reader has been assembled with consummate intelligence and a magisterial knowledge of legal anthropology by one of its most respected scholars, Sally Falk Moore. It brings together some of the most influential, most challenging, most insightful texts in a field that, for good historical reasons, is undergoing a welcome, exciting renaissance. A must-read collection of writings.” John Comaroff, University of Chicago
ISBN: 9781405102278
Dimensions: 254mm x 173mm x 33mm
Weight: 816g
384 pages