Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1986
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
AbeBooks seller since December 10, 1997
Condition: Used - Good
£ 5.32
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Good. Used with wear but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
Seller Inventory # mon0000671736
- Title
- Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context
- Author
- Comaroff, John L.,Roberts, Simon
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226114252
- ISBN 13
- 9780226114255
Rules and Processes is at once a compelling essay in social theory and a pathbreaking ethnography of dispute in an African society. On the basis of a sensitive study of the Tswana of southern Africa, John Comaroff and Simon Roberts challenge most of the orthodoxies of legal anthropology. They argue that the social world, and the dispute processes that occur within it, are given form and meaning by a dialectical relationship between sociocultural structures and individual experience. The authors explore in a novel way the relations between culture and ideology, system and practice, social action and human intention. They develop a model that lays bare the form and content of "legal" and "political" discourse in all its variations—a model that accounts for the outcome of conflict processes and explains why the Tswana, like people in other cultures, conceive of their world in an apparently contradictory manner—as rule-governed yet inherently open to pragmatic individualism; orderly yet inherently fluid and shifting. Rules and Processes offers a fresh and persuasive approach to our understanding of the dialectics of social life.
"A work of impressive scholarship in which theoretical sophistication and ethnographic richness are convincingly matched."—Ian Hamnett, Times Higher Education Supplement.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
John L. Comaroff, Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Chicago, is the coauthor (with Jean Comaroff) of Of Revelation and Revolution, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Simon Roberts is professor of law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Book Alley
Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 10, 1997
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 4.43 | £ 8.86 |
Payment methods
Store description
We are a general interest book store selling books on all subjects both in store and online. We offer everything from reader's copies to rare books and our services include special orders and worldwide shipping.
Seller's business information
Book Alley
CA, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
For orders or inquiries, call or email us
626-683-8083 or Toll Free (888) 457-1899, or bookalley@bookalley.com.
Fax 626-683-8084
We accept Visa, Master Card, American Express, & Discovery cards. Also we accept
checks and money orders.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Book Alley, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.