Legalism Anthropology and History |
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| Editor:
| Dresch, Paul
Skoda, Hannah |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-966426-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $238.14AUD $330.00 |
Book Description:
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What is legalism and what counts as law? How do legal concepts work in a range of historical and ethnographic settings? The problems anthropology and history share in dealing with law are addressed here from a range of perspectives including medieval England and France, Burma, India, Saharan oases, and southern Arabia.
What is legalism and what counts as law? How do legal concepts work in a range of historical and ethnographic settings? The problems anthropology and history share in dealing with law are addressed here from a range of perspectives including medieval England and France, Burma, India, Saharan oases, and southern Arabia.