Law against the State (eBook, PDF)

Ethnographic Forays into Law's Transformations
Redaktion: Eckert, Julia

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139415644
• Artikelnr.: 38278223

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: law's travels and transformations Julia Eckert, Zerrin Özlem
Biner, Brian Donahoe and Christian Strümpell; 1. Juridification of
indigenous politics Stuart Kirsch; 2. Naming, claiming, proving? The burden
of proof issue for Russia's indigenous peoples Brian Donahoe; 3. Human
rights and village headmen in Malawi: translation beyond vernacularisation
Harri Englund; 4. Juridification, transitional justice and reaching out to
the public in Sierra Leone Gerhard Anders; 5. The juridification of
political protest and the politicisation of legalism in South African land
restitution Olaf Zenker; 6. Rumours of rights Julia Eckert; 7. Public
interest and private compromises: the politics of environmental negotiation
in Delhi, India Amita Baviskar; 8. Law against displacement: the
juridification of tribal protest in Rourkela, Orissa Christian Strümpell;
9. Documenting 'truth' in the margins of the Turkish state Zerrin Özlem
Biner; 10. The ones who walk away: law, sacrifice and conscientious
objection in Turkey Erdem Evren; Epilogue: changing paradigms of human
rights Upendra Baxi.