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The future of tradition : customary law, common law, and legal pluralism / Leon Sheleff.
LIBRA K282 .S53 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheleff, Leon Shaskolsky.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Customary law.
- Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.
- Legal polycentricity.
- Multiculturalism.
- Pluralism (Social sciences).
- Local Subjects:
- Multiculturalism.
- Pluralism (Social sciences).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 512 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2000.
- Contents:
- 1 Custom-Made Law 3
- 2 Pluralism in the Modern World 8
- 3 Tribalism - Vague but Valid 29
- 4 Whither the State? 55
- 5 Customary Law as Common Law 79
- Part II The Framework
- 6 The Invention of Discovery 93
- 7 Between Recognition and Repugnancy 121
- 8 The Right to Group Rights 136
- 9 Belonging and Identity 153
- 10 The Local Tribe in the Global Village 172
- 11 The Trials of Tribal Courts 192
- Part III The Issues
- 12 Land is Forever 217
- 13 Holy Rites and Sacred Sites 243
- 14 A Reasonable 'Cultural' Defense 262
- 15 From Harm to Harmony 290
- 16 For Shame 305
- 17 Family Matters 330
- 18 Women and Children First 354
- Part IV Special Topics
- 19 Proving the Customary Rule 377
- 20 Academic Questions 396
- 21 Accounting for the Past 410
- 22 Beyond the Law 432
- 23 History in the Making 465
- 24 Community in Society 479.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [487]-497) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0714649538
- 0714680125
- OCLC:
- 40891037
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