Law Against the State: Ethnographic Forays Into Law's Transformations

Book Overview

A collection of rich, empirically grounded case studies which 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, the case studies included 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107471079
• ISBN13: 9781107471078
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"