| ISBN | 9781107171078 |
| Call Number | K564.P83 .L38 2014 |
| Title | Law against the state : ethnographic forays into law’s transformations / edited by Julia Eckert, Brian Donahoe, Christian Strümpell, Zerrin Ozlem Biner. |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Imprint | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
| Physical | xiv, 291 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Content | Machine generated contents note: Introduction: law’s travels and transformations Julia Eckert, Zerrin Özlem Biner, Brian Donahoe and Christian Strümpell; 1. Juridification of indigenous politics Stuart Kirsch; 2. Naming, claiming, proving? The burden of proof issue for Russia’s indigenous peoples Brian Donahoe; 3. Human rights and village headmen in Malawi: translation beyond vernacularisation Harri Englund; 4. Juridification, transitional justice and reaching out to the public in Sierra Leone Gerhard Anders; 5. The juridification of political protest and the politicisation of legalism in South African land restitution Olaf Zenker; 6. Rumours of rights Julia Eckert; 7. Public interest and private compromises: the politics of environmental negotiation in Delhi, India Amita Baviskar; 8. Law against displacement: the juridification of tribal protest in Rourkela, Orissa Christian Strümpell; 9. Documenting ’truth’ in the margins of the Turkish state Zerrin Özlem Biner; 10. The ones who walk away: law, sacrifice and conscientious objection in Turkey Erdem Evren; Epilogue: changing paradigms of human rights Upendra Baxi. |
| Subject | Public interest law -- Developing countries. |
| | Ethnological jurisprudence -- Developing countries. |
| | Law and economic development. (5) |
| | Government litigation -- Developing countries. |
| | Law |x Political aspects -- Developing countries. |
| | Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Developing countries. |
| Added Entry | Eckert, Julia M. |
| | Strumpell, Christian, 1972- |
| | Biner, Zerrin Ozlem |
| Holding | LIC |
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