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Law Against the State: : Ethnographic Forays into Law's Transformations

Eckert, Julia and Donahoe, Brian and Strümpell, Christian and Biner, Zerrin Özlem, eds. (2012) Law Against the State: : Ethnographic Forays into Law's Transformations. Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-1-139-04378-6. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:84428)

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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043786

Abstract

This collection of rich, empirically grounded case studies investigates the conditions and consequences of 'juridification' - the use of law by ordinary individuals as a form of protest against 'the state'. Starting from the actual practices of claimants, these case studies address the translation and interpretation of legal norms into local concepts, actions and practices in a way that highlights the social and cultural dynamism and multivocality of communities in their interaction with the law and legal norms. The contributors to this volume challenge the image of homogeneous and primordially norm-bound cultures that has been (unintentionally) perpetuated by some of the more prevalent treatments of law and culture. This volume highlights the heterogeneous geography of law and the ways boundaries between different legal bodies are transcended in struggles for rights. Contributions include case studies from South Africa, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Turkey, India, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, the Marshall Islands and Russia.

Item Type: Edited book
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Signature Themes: Migration and Movement
Depositing User: Zerrin Biner Arroyo-Kalin
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2020 06:37 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:27 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/84428 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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