Nafziger, A.R. James --- "Comparative Law and Anthropology" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) [2017] ELECD 1587

Editor(s): Nafziger, A.R. James

Title: Comparative Law and Anthropology

Series: Research Handbooks in Comparative Law series

Topics: Comparative Law; Law and Society

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 29 December 2017

Number of pages: c 544

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781955178

EISBN: 9781781955185

Abstract/Description:

This cutting-edge Research Handbook, at the intersection of comparative law and anthropology, explores mutually enriching insights and outlooks. The 20 contributors, including several of the most eminent scholars, as well as new voices, offer diverse expertise, national backgrounds and professional experience. Their overall approach is "ground up" without regard to unified paradigms of research or objects of study.

Through a pluralistic definition of law and multidisciplinary approaches, Comparative Law and Anthropology significantly advances both theory and practice. The Research Handbook’s expansive concept of comparative law blends a traditional geographical orientation with historical and jurisprudential dimensions within a broad range of contexts of anthropological inquiry, from indigenous communities, to law schools and transitional societies.

This comprehensive and original collection of diverse writings about anthropology and the law around the world offers an inspiring but realistic source for legal scholars, anthropologists and policy-makers.