Bibliograph

Law against the state, ethnographic forays into law's transformations, edited by Julia Eckert ... [and others]

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Law against the state, ethnographic forays into law's transformations, edited by Julia Eckert ... [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Law against the state

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

774982512

Responsibility statement

edited by Julia Eckert ... [and others]

Series statement

Cambridge studies in law and society

Sub title

ethnographic forays into law's transformations

Table Of Contents

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

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