Law and Anthropology
2. Auflage
C.H.BECK
ISBN 978-3-406-65907-2
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Buch. Hardcover (Leinen)
2. Auflage. 2016
with 21 pictures.
In englischer Sprache
(In Gemeinschaft mit Hart Publishing, Oxford und Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden)
Umfang: XLVIII, 547 S.
Format (B x L): 16,0 x 24,0 cm
Gewicht: 1094
Verlag: C.H.BECK
ISBN: 978-3-406-65907-2
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Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart - Nomos
Produktbeschreibung
Zum Werk
Dieses Werk ist eine der ersten systematischen Darstellungen der Rechtsanthropologie. Rechtsanthropologie als Teilgebiet der Kulturanthropologie widmet sich den kulturellen Bedingungen der Rechtssysteme in islamischen, hinduistischen, buddhistischen, animistischen, westlichen und post-sozialistischen Ländern. Es ist ein unverzichtbares Instrument zu besseren Verständnis außereuropäischer Rechtspraktiken, z.B. auch der Scharia.
Inhalt:
- Anthropology of law as a science
- History, schools, and names of anthropology of law
- Concepts
- Social norms
- Theories of culture and cultures
- Analyses in cultural anthropology
- Biological anthropology in its relation to the anthropology of law
The sub-disciplines of anthropology of law
- Kinship patterns. Other anthropological aspects of family and gender
- Societal order, personhood, and human rights (the anthropology of constitutional justice)
- Reciprocity, exchange, gifts, contracting, trust (the anthropology of commutative justice)
- Possession, ownership, probate; market and non-market economies; antitrust; cultural property and heritage of mankind
- Torts, crimes, sanctions. Witchcraft and related issues
- Jurisdiction. Procedure and dispute settlement. Conflicts of law
The legal anthropology of ethnic groups, and applied anthropology of law
- Native American law
- Other ethnic groups. The international law of indigenous peoples. Global human rights
- Applied anthropology of law
Zur Neuauflage
Das Werk enthält eine grundlegend überarbeitete und erweiterte Fassung der im Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie erschienenen ersten Auflage.
Zielgruppe
Für Rechts- und Kulturwissenschaftler; NGOs; Publizistik.
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Englischer Text
This treatise is one of the first systematic presentations of the entire field of law and anthropology in its second supplemented edition. The book combines cultural with behavioral and theoretical with practical 'applied' approaches. It also introduces into history and literature of cultural anthropology focusing on law with occasional forays into economy, political science, and religion.
Content Survey:
- Part One: Anthropology of law in general Ch. 1: Anthropology of law as a science Ch. 2: History, schools, and names Ch. 3: Concepts Ch. 4: Social norms Ch. 5: Theories of culture and cultures Ch. 6: Analyses in cultural anthropology Ch. 7: Biological anthropology in its relation to the anthropology of law
- Part Two: The sub-disciplines of anthropology of law Ch. 8: Kinship patterns. Other anthropological aspects of family and gender Ch. 9: Societal order, personhood, and human rights Ch. 10: Reciprocity, exchange, gifts, contracting, trust Ch. 11: Possession, ownership, probate; market and non-market economies; antitrust; cultural property and heritage of mankind Ch. 12: Torts, crimes, sanctions. Witchcraft and related issues Ch. 13: Jurisdiction. Procedure and dispute settlement. Conflicts of law
- Part Three: The legal anthropology of ethnic groups, and applied anthropology of law Ch. 14: Native American law Ch. 15: Other ethnic groups. The international law of indigenous peoples. Global human rights Ch. 16. Applied anthropology of law
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