History and power in the study of law : new directions in legal anthropology / edited by June Starr and Jane F. Collier.
| Other author | Starr, June. |
| Other author | Collier, Jane Fishburne. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989. |
| Description | x, 377 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Anthropology of contemporary issues ; Anthropology of contemporary issues. ^A476344 |
| Contents | pt. 1. Resisting and consolidating state-level legal systems: The symbolic vocabulary of public executions / Anton Blok -- Law and social change in nineteenth-century Norway / Vilhelm Aubert -- A redistributive model for analyzing government mediation and law in family, community, and industry in a New England industrial city / June Nash -- Constitution-making in Islamic Iran: the impact of theocracy on the legal order of a nation-state / Said Amir Arjomand -- pt. 2. Exporting and extending legal orders: Law and the colonial state in India / Bernard S. Cohn -- Contours of change: agrarian law in colonial Uganda, 1895-1962 / Joan Vincent -- Thinking about "interests": legislative process in the European community / Francis G. Snyder -- pt. 3. Receiving and rejecting national legal processes: The impact of second republic labor reforms in Spain / George A. Collier -- Entrepreneurs and the law: self-employed Surinamese in Amsterdam / Jeremy Boissevain and Hanneke Grotenbreg -- Interpreting American litigiousness / Carol J. Greenhouse -- pt. 4. Constructing and shaping law: History and the redefinition of custom on Kilimanjaro / Sally Falk Moore -- Islamic "case law" and the logic of consequence / Lawrence Rosen -- The crown, the colonists, and the course of Zapotec village law / Laura Nader -- The "invention" of early legal ideas: Sir Henry Maine and the perpetual tutelage of women / June Starr. |
| Local note | Little-348288--305131054490Z |
| General note | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| LCCN | 88030258 |
| ISBN | 0801421136 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801421136 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801494230 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780801494239 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | K146.H57 1989 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |