Anthropology and Law

by James M. Donovan, H. Edwin, III. Anderson, H Edwin III

Book Overview

The relationship between Law and Anthropology can be considered as having been particularly intimate. In this book the authors defend their assertion that the two fields co-exist in a condition of "balanced reciprocity" wherein each makes important contributions to the successful practice and theory of the other. Anthropology, for example, offers a cross-culturally validated generic concept of "law," and clarifies other important legal concepts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157181423X
• ISBN13: 9781571814234
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"