Lectures on Politics and Economic Life: Lecture 7 - Law and conflict resolution

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Description: Lecture given by Alan Macfarlane to first year students in Social Anthropology and Social and Political Sciences in 2007 and 2008 and filmed by Zilan Wang

Definitions and functions of law; how to compare legal systems; the ‘reasonable man (woman)’; status and contract systems; equality and individual rights; the rule of law; how courts work; juries and torture
Hann, ch. 13
Simon Roberts, Order and Dispute (1979) [for a more recent summary, see ‘Law and Dispute Processes’ in Ingold, Companion Encyclopedia, cited above.]
P.Bohannon, Justice and Judgment among the Tiv (1957)
M.Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Societies (1965), section on Law.
P.Bohannon (ed.), Law and Warfare (1967)

 
Created: 2018-03-23 17:17
Collection: Politics and Economic Life Lectures
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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