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Book SynopsisComparative law and legal anthropology have traditionally restricted themselves to their own fields of inquiry. Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities turns this tendency on its head and investigates what happens when ...
Trade Review"A bold rejoinder to the growing body of scholarship that advocates the globalization of law, this important book champions social diversity as a fundamental aspect of what constitutes law... The book announces the arrival of a new thinker with an original perspective on comparative law and on the theory of legal systems generally." - Nicholas Kasirer, James McGill Professor of Law and Director, Centre of Private and Comparative Law, McGill University "The book makes a significant contribution to two scholarly fields - comparative law and legal anthropology - that are rarely brought together with this degree of sophistication. This is really a terrific piece of scholarship, beautifully written, and on a subject of great importance. I think Susan Drummond will receive wide recognition as a leading voice in an emerging field of study." - David M. Engel, Distinguished Service Professor, Faculty of Law, SUNY Buffalo"
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Le Guide du Routard
Synoptic Overview
Itinerary
Approach
Preparations
Souvenir
Chapter 1 State: Intersections in Spanish FamilyLaw
The Persistence of "Otherness"
Religion’s Domain
Shifting Contexts for Legal Reform
Shifting Esprit des Lois
Women and the Spirit of Family Law
Weak and Deep Pluralism of the Official Family New Forms of SpanishPluralism
The Contemporary Jurisdiction of Religion in the Official Family
Conflicting Dominions in Family Law
The Mystification of Reform through Law
Liminal Tones, Characters, and Moods
Chapter 2 Culture: Wanderings and Dwellings
Deep Pluralism and the Gypsies
A Jurisdictional Model of the Gypsies for a Jurisdictional Model ofGypsy Law
Matter out of Place
Reconceptualizing Gypsyhood
The Great Gitano Roundup: Rounding Off the State through Law
The Production of Gitanitude
Flamenco Puro and Pure Gitanitude
Chapter 3 Marriage: Hidden and Enacted IusCommune
Hidden Constitutions
Multi-Sited Comparative Law
The Plurality of Ius Commune
Hidden Marriages
Hidden Marriages within Hidden Marriages
The Place of Gitano Family Law in Andalucia, Spain, and Europe
Conclusion: Voyage Through a Strange City
The Place of Jerez de la Frontera
A Wandering and a Dwelling Law
Notes
Index
