Law, culture, and ritual : disputing systems in cross-cultural context / Oscar G. Chase ; foreword by Jerome S. Bruner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Oscar G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dispute resolution (Law).

Culture and law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

[Repr.].

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Disputing systems are products of the societies in which they operate—they originate and mutate in response to disputes that are particular to specific social, cultural, and political contexts. Disputing procedures, therefore, are an important medium through which fundamental beliefs, values, and symbols of culture are communicated, preserved, and sometimes altered. In Law, Culture, and Ritual, Oscar G. Chase uses interdisciplinary scholarship to examine the cultural contexts of legal institutions, and presents several case studies to demonstrate that the processes used for resolving disputes have a cultural origin and impact.Ranging from the dispute resolution practices of the Azande, a technologically simple, small-scale African society, to the rise of discretionary authority in civil litigation in America, Chase challenges the claims of some scholars that official dispute systems are more reflective of the interests and preferences of elite professionals than of the cultures in which they are embedded.

Contents:

The lessons of the Azande

"Modern" dispute-ways

American "exceptionalism" in civil litigation

The discretionary power of the judge in cultural context

The rise of ADR in cultural context

The role of ritual

How disputing influences culture.

Notes:

Originally published 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8147-4517-2

1-4294-1396-4

OCLC:

913695180