{"product_id":"the-power-of-law-in-a-transnational-world-anthropological-enquiries-9781845454234","title":"The Power of Law in a Transnational World:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tHow is law mobilized and who has the power and authority to construct its meaning? This important volume examines this question as well as how law is constituted and reconfigured through social processes that frame both its continuity and transformation over time. The volume highlights how power is deployed under conditions of legal pluralism, exploring its effects on livelihoods and on social institutions, including the state. Such an approach not only demonstrates how the state, through its various development programs and organizational structures, attempts to control territory and people, but also relates the mechanisms of state control to other legal modes of control and regulation at both local and supranational levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003eessential reading for scholars interested in understanding sociopolitical change under globalization in the early 21st century…I recommend [this volume] for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in legal anthropology, political anthropology, the anthropology of the state, and globalization. Several chapters could also be creatively woven into courses on the anthropology of religion.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoLAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"...there is much common ground between the contributors, and the variety of contexts and situations are valuable for showing how the unifying themes… work out on different grounds.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Journal of Legal Pluralism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"This fascinating collection of articles sheds new light on the way law exercises power in a transnational world, from the crises of terrorism to the subtle introduction of new law within development projects. This set of articles provides new evidence of the important insights offered by legal pluralism and anthropological methodologies for understanding the nature of transnational, national, and local systems of law.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Sally Engle Merry\u003c\/b\u003e, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e The Power of Law\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFranz von Benda-Beckmann\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKeebet von Benda-Beckmann\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnne Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePOWER OF LAW AS DISCOURSE: CLAIMS TO LEGITIMACY AND HIGHER MORALITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Military Order of 13 November 2001: An Ethnographic Reading\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCarol J. Greenhouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Law and the Frontiers of Illegalities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Selective Scrutiny: Supranational Engagement with Minority Protection and Rights in Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJane K. Cowan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Globalization of Fatwas amidst the Terror Wars against Pluralism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eUpendra Baxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and Legal Pluralism: Towards a Two-dimensional Debate\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFranz von Benda-Beckmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAT THE INTERSECTION OF LEGALITIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Learning Communities and Legal Spaces: Community based Fisheries Management in a Globalizing World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMelanie G. Wiber\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn F. Kearney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Project Law – a Power Instrument of Development Agencies: A Case Study from Burundi\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarkus Weilenmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Half-Told Truths and Partial Silence: Managing Communication in Scottish Children’s Hearings\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnne Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRandy F. Kandel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eRELIGION AS A RESOURCE IN LEGAL PLURALISM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Keeping the Stream of Justice Clear and Pure: The Buddhicization of Bhutanese Law\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRichard W. Whitecross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Balancing Islam, Adat and the State: Comparing Islamic and Civil Courts in Indonesia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKeebet von Benda-Beckmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Kings, Monks, Bureaucrats and the Police: Tibetan Responses to Law and Authority\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFernanda Pirie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042974630231,"sku":"9781845454234","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454234.jpg?v=1750956477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-power-of-law-in-a-transnational-world-anthropological-enquiries-9781845454234","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}