Law as Process – An Anthropological Approach (Classics in African Anthropology) - Softcover

Moore, Sally Falk; Chanock, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852559100 ISBN 13: 9780852559109

Publisher: James Currey, 2001

Synopsis

With a new introduction by Martin Chanock This is a study of the role of law in African society. It is a work in the ethnology of law. Its central theme is that the same social processes which prevent the total regulation of society are those that re-shape and transform the efforts to regulate. Sally Falk Moore's study was originally published in 1978. New edition published in association with the International African Institute North America: Transaction Books; Germany: LitVerlag;

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Synopsis

This is a study of the role of law in African society. It is a work in the ethnology of law. Its central theme is that the same social processes which prevent the total regualtion of society are those that re-shape and transform the efforts to regulate.

Edition details

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852559100
• ISBN 13: 9780852559109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320