Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 262 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0520229886
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0520231635
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0520936183
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058546846X
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1597347132
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9780520229884
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9780520231634
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9780520936188
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9780585468464
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9781597347136
Content:
Laura Nader 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 role in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century and argues that the atrophy of the plaintiff's power during this period represents a profound challenge to justice and democracy. Taking into account the vast changes wrought in both anthropology and the law by globalization, Nader speaks to the increasing dominance of large business corporations and the prominence of neoliberal ideology and practice today. In her discussion of these trends, she considers the rise of the alternative dispute resolution movement, which since the 1960s has been part of a major overhaul of the U.S. judicial system. Nader links the increasing popularity of this movement with the erosion of the plaintiff's power and suggests that mediation as an approach to conflict resolution is structured to favor powerful--often corporate --interests
Content:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; 1. Evolving an Ethnography of Law: A Personal Document; 2. Lawyers and Anthropologists; 3. Hegemonic Processes in Law: Colonial to Contemporary; 4. The Plaintiff: A User Theory; Epilogue; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520229886
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520231635
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520231634
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nader, Laura Life of the law Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002
Language:
English
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