The Disputing Process-Law in Ten Societies / Laura Nader, Harry F. Todd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nader, Laura, editor.

Todd, Harry F., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1978]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents essays which concentrate on disputes between people of the same culture, people who know each other and who will interact in the future with each other regardless of the outcome.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: The Disputing Process / Nader, Laura / Todd, Jr.

1. Pigs and Politics in the New Guinea Highlands: Conflict Escalation Among the Jalé / Koch, Klaus Friedrich

2. The Atlantic Fishermen / Yngvesson, Barbara B.

3. Litigious Marginals: Character and Disputing in a Bavarian Village / Todd, Jr.

4. Turkish Village Disputing Behavior / Starr, June

5. The Social Dynamics of Dispute Settlement in a Sunni Muslim Village in Lebanon / Rothenberger, John E.

6. A Good Name is Worth More Than Money: Strategies of Court Use in Urban Ghana / Lowy, Michael J.

7. Disputing Over Livestock in Sardinia / Ruffini, Julio L.

8. Dispute Settlement and Dispute Processing in Zambia: Individual Choice versus Societal Constraints / Canter, Richard S.

9. Disputing Issues in Shehaam, a Multireligious Village in Lebanon / Witty, Cathie J.

10. Village or State? Competitive Legal Systems in a Mexican Judicial District / Parnell, Philip

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89312-4

OCLC:

1100436081