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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.

Public interest law --- Ethnological jurisprudence --- Law and economic development. --- Government litigation --- Law --- Indigenous peoples --- Aboriginal peoples --- Aborigines --- Adivasis --- Indigenous populations --- Native peoples --- Native races --- Ethnology --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Litigation, Government --- Court proceedings --- Procedure (Law) --- Economic development and law --- Law and development --- Economic development --- Jurisprudence, Ethnological --- Comparative law --- Law, Public interest --- Pro bono publico legal services --- Public interest --- Practice of law --- Cause lawyers --- Legal services --- Political aspects --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Intérêt général --- Anthropologie juridique --- Développement économique --- Droit et politique --- Autochtones --- Droit --- Droit. --- Statut juridique --- Law and economic development --- General and Others --- Public interest law - Developing countries --- Ethnological jurisprudence - Developing countries --- Government litigation - Developing countries --- Law - Political aspects - Developing countries --- Indigenous peoples - Legal status, laws, etc. - Developing countries --- Afrique du Sud --- Malawi --- Sierra Leone --- Turquie --- Inde --- Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée --- Suriname --- Marshall, Iles --- Russie

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Notions of culture, rituals and their meanings, the workings of ideology in everyday life, public representations of tradition and ethnicity, and the social consequences of economic transition- these are critical issues in the social anthropology of Russia and other postsocialist countries. Engaged in the negotiation of all these is the House of Culture, which was the key institution for cultural activities and implementation of state cultural policies in all socialist states. The House of Culture was officially responsible for cultural enlightenment, moral edification, and personal cultivatio

Ethnology --- Art and anthropology --- Art and society --- Art centers --- Community centers --- Post-communism --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Art et anthropologie --- Art et société --- Centres culturels --- Centres communautaires --- Postcommunisme --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Social life and customs. --- Moeurs et coutumes