
Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems, is based upon an annual colloquium held at University College London. Each year leading scholars from around the world gather to discuss the relationship between law and another discipline of thought. Each colloquium examines how the external discipline is conceived in legal thought and argument, how the law is pictured in that discipline, and analyses points of controversy in the use, and abuse, of extra-legal arguments within legal theory and practice.Law and Anthropology, the latest volume in the Current Legal Issues series, offers an insight into the state of law and anthropology scholarship today. It focuses on the inter-connections between the two disciplines and also includes case studies from around the world.
This volume investigates the complex, evolving relationship between legal theory and anthropological inquiry. Editors David Napier and Michael D. A. Freeman compile contributions from international scholars to examine how law is conceptualized within anthropology and how anthropological perspectives are integrated into legal practice. The text explores the points of controversy that arise when extra-legal arguments are utilized within formal legal systems and theoretical frameworks.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this volume as a significant contribution to the Current Legal Issues series, noting its utility for scholars interested in interdisciplinary legal studies. Readers frequently highlight the academic density of the prose and the rigorous nature of the global case studies presented.
Page Count:
584
Publication Date:
2010-01-25
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019958091X
ISBN-13:
9780199580910
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