The power of law in a transnational world anthropological enquiries / edited by Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Anne Griffiths.

Other author Benda-Beckmann, Franz von.
Other author Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von.
Other author Griffiths, Anne M. O.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books,
Descriptionvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents The military order of 13 November 2001 : an ethnographic reading / Carol J. Greenhouse -- Law and the frontiers of illegalities / Laura Nader -- Selective scrutiny : supranational engagement with minority protection and rights in Europe / Jane K. Cowan -- The globalization of fatwas amidst the terror wars against pluralism / Upendra Baxi -- Human rights, cultural relativism and legal pluralism : towards a two-dimensional debate / Franz von Benda-Beckmann -- Learning communities and legal spaces : community-based fisheries management in a globalizing world / Melanie G. Wiber and John F. Kearney -- Project law : a power instrument of development agencies : a case study from Burundi / Markus Weilenmann -- Half-told truths and partial silence : managing communication in Scottish children's hearings / Anne Griffiths and Randy F. Kandel -- Keeping the stream of justice clear and pure : the Buddhicization of Bhutanese law / Richard W. Whitecross -- Balancing Islam, Adat and the state : comparing Islamic and civil courts in Indonesia / Keebet von Benda-Beckmann -- Kings, monks, bureaucrats and the police : Tibetan responses to law and authority / Fernanda Pirie.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2008053764
ISBN9781845454234 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1845454235 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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