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Legal pluralism explained : history, theory, consequences / Brian Z. Tamanaha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tamanaha, Brian Z., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legal polycentricity.
- Legal polycentricity--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York State : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Placing legal pluralism in historical context, this book describes the origins of legal pluralism in postcolonial countries and its implications today. It identifies manifestations of legal pluralism within Western societies, discusses contemporary transnational legal pluralism, identifies problems with current theoretical accounts of legal pluralism, and articulates an approach to legal pluralism that is useful for social scientists, theorists, and law and development scholars and practitioners.
- Contents:
- Introduction : three themes
- Legal pluralism in historical context
- Postcolonial legal pluralism
- Legal pluralism in the west
- National to transnational legal pluralism
- Abstract versus folk legal pluralism
- Conclusion : legal pluralism explained.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-086158-4
- 0-19-086159-2
- 0-19-086157-6
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