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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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