TY - BOOK ID - 78532231 TI - Law against the state : ethnographic forays into law's transformations AU - Eckert, Julia M. AU - Donahoe, Brian AU - Strümpell, Christian AU - Biner, Zerrin Özlem PY - 2012 SN - 1107229901 1139411500 1280683023 9786613659965 1139422863 1139043781 1139419846 1139421891 1139417797 1139423932 9781139423939 9781139421898 9781139043786 9781107014664 1107014662 9781107471078 1107471079 9781139419840 9781107229907 9781139411509 9781280683022 6613659967 9781139422864 9781139417792 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Public interest law KW - Ethnological jurisprudence KW - Law and economic development. KW - Government litigation KW - Law KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Aboriginal peoples KW - Aborigines KW - Adivasis KW - Indigenous populations KW - Native peoples KW - Native races KW - Ethnology KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation KW - Litigation, Government KW - Court proceedings KW - Procedure (Law) KW - Economic development and law KW - Law and development KW - Economic development KW - Jurisprudence, Ethnological KW - Comparative law KW - Law, Public interest KW - Pro bono publico legal services KW - Public interest KW - Practice of law KW - Cause lawyers KW - Legal services KW - Political aspects KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Law and legislation KW - Intérêt général KW - Anthropologie juridique KW - Développement économique KW - Droit et politique KW - Autochtones KW - Droit KW - Droit. KW - Statut juridique KW - Law and economic development KW - General and Others KW - Public interest law - Developing countries KW - Ethnological jurisprudence - Developing countries KW - Government litigation - Developing countries KW - Law - Political aspects - Developing countries KW - Indigenous peoples - Legal status, laws, etc. - Developing countries KW - Afrique du Sud KW - Malawi KW - Sierra Leone KW - Turquie KW - Inde KW - Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée KW - Suriname KW - Marshall, Iles KW - Russie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78532231 AB - "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 address the translation and interpretation of legal norms into local concepts, actions and practices in a way that highlights the social and cultural dynamism and multivocality of communities in their interaction with the law and legal norms. The contributors to this volume challenge the image of homogeneous and primordially norm-bound cultures that has been (unintentionally) perpetuated by some of the more prevalent treatments of law and culture. This volume highlights the heterogeneous geography of law and the ways boundaries between different legal bodies are transcended in struggles for rights. Contributions include case studies from South Africa, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Turkey, India, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, the Marshall Islands and Russia"-- ER -