Law, Culture, and Ritual: Disputing Systems in Cross-Cultural Context
Language: English
Published by New York University Press, New York and London, 2005
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Large 8vo. xv (i), 207 (1) pp. First Edition, 2005. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Black half-cloth with blue paper-covered boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. Size: Large Octavo.
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- Title
- Law, Culture, and Ritual: Disputing Systems in Cross-Cultural Context
- Author
- Chase , Oscar G.
- Publisher
- New York University Press, New York and London
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0814716512
- ISBN 13
- 9780814716519
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
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Disputing systems are products of the societies in which they operate―they originate and mutate in response to disputes that are particular to specific social, cultural, and political contexts. Disputing procedures, therefore, are an important medium through which fundamental beliefs, values, and symbols of culture are communicated, preserved, and sometimes altered. In Law, Culture, and Ritual, Oscar G. Chase uses interdisciplinary scholarship to examine the cultural contexts of legal institutions, and presents several case studies to demonstrate that the processes used for resolving disputes have a cultural origin and impact.
Ranging from the dispute resolution practices of the Azande, a technologically simple, small-scale African society, to the rise of discretionary authority in civil litigation in America, Chase challenges the claims of some scholars that official dispute systems are more reflective of the interests and preferences of elite professionals than of the cultures in which they are embedded.
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