The Anthropology of Law
Author: Fernanda Pirie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0199696845
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the form of legal rules, categories and claims, are placed at the centre of this challenging, yet accessible, introduction. Anthropology of law is presented as a distinctive subject within the broader field of legal anthropology, suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist, while also bringing empirical studies within the ambit of legal scholarship.