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Falk Moore, Sally --- "Law and anthropology: research traditions" [2017] ELECD 1593; in Nafziger, A.R. James (ed), "Comparative Law and Anthropology" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 17

Book Title: Comparative Law and Anthropology

Editor(s): Nafziger, A.R. James

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781955178

Section: Chapter 2

Section Title: Law and anthropology: research traditions

Author(s): Falk Moore, Sally

Number of pages: 11

Abstract/Description:

Key themes in the writings of legal anthropologists are: the use of fieldwork as a fundamental technique of socio-legal research, the study of the self-enforcement of varieties of local social norms, and the study of modes of management of disputes. In another vein, the legal arrangements applying to larger entities than local communities are considered. Among these are legislation by the state, legal pluralism, human rights, land tenure and global legal relations including treaties, transnational business practices, development regimes and migration. There are obviously dramatic differences among the sites studied as well as the methods used to gather information.