Law against the state: ethnographic forays into law's transformations
"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...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis, Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/toc/684895994.pdf
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| Verfasserangaben: | ed. by Julia Eckert, Brian Donahoe; Christian Strümpell; Zerrin Özlem Biner |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: 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.