Law against the state : ethnographic forays into law's transformations / edited by Julia Eckert, Brian Donahoe, Christian Strümpell, Zerrin Özlem Biner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eckert, Julia M., editor.

Donahoe, Brian, editor.

Strümpell, Christian, 1972- editor.

Biner, Zerrin Özlem, editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public interest law--Developing countries.

Public interest law.

Ethnological jurisprudence--Developing countries.

Ethnological jurisprudence.

Law and economic development.

Government litigation--Developing countries.

Government litigation.

Law--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Law.

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc--Developing countries.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction : law's travels and transformations / Julia Eckert, Zerrin Özlem Biner, Brian Donahoe and Christian Strümpell

Juridification of indigenous politics / Stuart Kirsch

Naming, claiming, proving? : the burden of proof issue for Russia's indigenous peoples / Brian Donahoe

Human rights and village headmen in Malawi : translation beyond vernacularisation / Harri Englund

Juridification, transitional justice and reaching out to the public in Sierra Leone / Gerhard Anders

The juridification of political protest and the politicisation of legalism in South African land restitution / Olaf Zenker

Rumours of rights / Julia Eckert

Public interest and private compromises : the politics of environmental negotiation in Delhi, India / Amita Baviskar

Law against displacement : the juridification of tribal protest in Rourkela, Orissa / Christian Strümpell

Documenting 'truth' in the margins of the Turkish state / Zerrin Özlem Biner

The ones who walk away : law, sacrifice and conscientious objection in Turkey / Erdem Evren

Epilogue : changing paradigms of human rights / Upendra Baxi.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22990-1

1-139-41150-0

1-280-68302-3

9786613659965

1-139-42286-3

1-139-04378-1

1-139-41984-6

1-139-42189-1

1-139-41779-7

1-139-42393-2

OCLC:

795632014