The Life of the Law: Anthropological Projects

by Laura Nader

Book Overview

Laura Nader, an instrumental figure in the development of the field of legal anthropology, investigates an issue of vital importance for our time: the role of the law in the struggle for social and economic justice. In this book she gives an overview of the history of legal anthropology and at the same time urges anthropologists, lawyers, and activists to recognize the centrality of law in social change. Nader traces the evolution of the plaintiff's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520231635
• ISBN13: 9780520231634
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"