Legalism : rules and categories / edited by Paul Dresch and Judith Scheele.
2015
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Title
Legalism : rules and categories / edited by Paul Dresch and Judith Scheele.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
K237 .L44 2015
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780198753810
0198753810
0198753810
Description
x, 301 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)933425534
Note
"This is the third volume in a series. Legalism : anthropology and history appeared in 2012, and Legalism : community and justice in 2014"--Page v.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Szladits Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
ix
Introduction Rules and Categories: an Overview / Judith Scheele
1
1.
Rules, Culture, and Imagination in Sanskrit Jurisprudence / Donald R. Davis Jr.
29
2.
Written Law as Words To Live By / Paul Dresch
53
3.
Telling Stories About (Roman) Law: Rules and Concepts in Legal Discourse / Caroline Humfress
79
4.
Rules, Proverbs, and Persuasion: Legalism and Rhetoric in Tibet / Fernanda Pirie
105
5.
`Half-Free' Categories in the Early Middle Ages: Fine Status Distinctions Before Professional Lawyers / Alice Rio
129
6.
In Praise of Disorder: Breaking the Rules in Northern Chad / Judith Scheele
153
7.
Polyphony of Rules and Categories: the Case of Early Rus / Simon Franklin
177
8.
Categories and Consequences in Amazonia / Elizabeth Ewart
205
9.
Legalism and the Care of the Self: Shariah Discourse in Contemporary Lebanon / Morgan Clarke
231
References Cited
259
Index
297