Legal Anthropology: An Introduction offers an initial overview of the challenging debates surrounding the cross-cultural analysis of legal systems. Equal parts review and criticism, James M. Donovan outlines the historical landmarks in the development of the discipline, identifying both strengths and weaknesses of each stage and contribution. Legal Anthropology suggests that future progress can be made by looking at the perceived fairness of social regulation, rather than sanction or dispute resolution as the distinguishing feature of law.

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By James M. Donovan

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Study Legal Anthropology
Chapter 2 Section I: General Background
Chapter 3
Chapter 1: Philosophical Starting Points
Chapter 4
Chapter 2: Studying Law in the Field
Chapter 5 Section II: Forerunners
Chapter 6
Chapter 3: Natural Law: Description and Reactions
Chapter 7
Chapter 4: Sociology of Law
Chapter 8 Section III: Ethnographic Foundations
Chapter 9
Chapter 5: Malinowski and Reciprocity-Based Law
Chapter 10
Chapter 6: Schapera and Codification of Indigenous Law
Chapter 11
Chapter 7: Hoebel and the Rise and Legal Realism
Chapter 12
Chapter 8: Gluckman and Identification of Legal Universals
Chapter 13
Chapter 9: Bohanna and Relativism
Chapter 14
Chapter 10: Pospisil and Differentiating the Institutions of Social Regulation
Chapter 15
Chapter 11: Nader and Processualism
Chapter 16
Chapter 12: O'Barr & Conley and Studying Up
Chapter 17 Section IV: Highlights of Comparative Anthropology
Chapter 18
Chapter 13: Cross-Cultural Comparison
Chapter 19
Chapter 14: Dispute Resolution
Chapter 20
Chapter 15: Legal Pluralism
Chapter 21 Section V: Issues in Applied Legal Anthropology
Chapter 22
Chapter 16: Human Rights
Chapter 23
Chapter 17: Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 24
Chapter 18: The Cultural Defense
Chapter 25
Chapter 19: Terrorism
Chapter 26
Chapter 20: A Fairness-Centered Legal Anthropology
Chapter 27
Chapter 21: Overview and Prospects