Comparative Law and Anthropology

Contents:

1. Introduction to comparative law and anthropology
James A.R. Nafziger

PART I PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
2. Law and anthropology: research traditions
Sally Falk Moore

3. Whose comparative law? A global perspective
Laura Nader

PART II COMPLEXITY, LEGAL PLURALISM AND TOTALITY OF LEGAL IDEAS
4. Anthropology on trial: the Hindmarsh Island Bridge controversy (1993-2001)
P.G. McHugh

5. First Nation control over archeological sites: contemporary issues in heritage law, policy and practice
Catherine Bell

6. The hybridity of law in Namibia and the role of community law in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Oliver C. Ruppel and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting

7. Legal pluralism - linking law and culture in natural resource co-management and environmental compliance
Anastasia Telesetsky

PART III SUBSTANCE OF LEGAL SCHEMES OF MEANING AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF LAW
8. Anthropology in international law: the case of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage
Janet Blake

9. Cultural landscapes significant to indigenous peoples
James A.R. Nafziger

10. Governance disputes involving First Nations in Canada: culture, custom, and dispute resolution outside of the Indian Act
William B. Shipley

PART IV COSMOPOLITAN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
11. Images of Muhammad: religious law and freedom of expression
Richard Francaviglia

12. Narratives of laws, narratives of peoples
Elina N. Moustaira

PART V HISTORICAL ORIENTATION
13. Law, society and landscape in early Scandinavia
Stefan Brink

14. Transgenic maize: the Mexican cultural battle
Jorge Sanchez Cordero

15. A trinity of culture, law and politics: legal anthropology of the bonded labor system in Nepal
Upendra D. Acharya

PART VI CONTEXTUAL DIFFERENCES
16. Global law firms in real-world contexts: practical limitations and ethical implications
Eve Darian-Smith

17. An historical, cultural and political perspective of corruption in the Balkans
Marko Novakovic

PART VII IN-DEPTH FIELD RESEARCH
18. The anthropologist as expert witness: a personal account
Richard Price

19. Intellectual property law in comparative perspective: the case of trademark "piracy" in Guatemala
Kedron Thomas

20. The voice of the stranger: foreign LL.M. students' experiences of culture, law and pedagogy in US law schools
Mindie Lazarus-Black

PART VIII RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEGAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL TRADITION AND ITS THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS
21. Distance in law and globalization: armchair anthropology revisited
Riaz Tejani

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• Direito comparativo
• Direito e sociedade
• Antropologia social e cultural

Legal anthropology; law and anthropology; comparative law; legal pluralism; applied anthropology; community development