
Law as Process
An Anthropological Approach
Sally Falk Moore(Author)
James Currey (Publisher)
Published on 15. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-85255-910-9 (ISBN)
Description
With a new introduction by Martin Chanock
This is a study of the role of law in African society. It is a work in the ethnology of law. Its central theme is that the same social processes which prevent the total regulation of society are those that re-shape and transform the efforts to regulate.
Sally Falk Moore's study was originally published in 1978. New edition published in association with the International African Institute
North America: Transaction Books; Germany: LitVerlag;
This is a study of the role of law in African society. It is a work in the ethnology of law. Its central theme is that the same social processes which prevent the total regulation of society are those that re-shape and transform the efforts to regulate.
Sally Falk Moore's study was originally published in 1978. New edition published in association with the International African Institute
North America: Transaction Books; Germany: LitVerlag;
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85255-910-9 (9780852559109)
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09/1983
Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
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Content
Uncertainties in situations, indeterminacies in culture; law and social change - the semi-autonomous social field as an appropriate subject of study; legal liability and evolutionary interpretation - some aspects of strict liability, self-help and collective responsibility; comparative studies; descent and legal position; politics, procedures and norms in changing Chagga law; law and anthropology.