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Contents: Part I Past, present and future
1. Law and anthropology: research traditions / Sally Falk Moore
2. Whose comparative law? A global perspective / Laura Nader
Part II Complexity, legal pluralism and totality of legal ideas
3. Anthropology on trial: the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Controversy (1993-2001) / P. G. McHugh
4. First nation control over archaeological sites: contemporary issues in heritage law, policy and practice / Catherine Bell
5. The hybridity of law in Namibia and The role of community law in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) / Oliver C. Ruppel and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting
6. Legal pluralism - linking law and culture in national resource co-management and environmental compliance / Anastasia Telesetsky
Part III Legal schemes of meaning and social significance of law
7. Governance disputes involving first nations in Canada: Culture, custom and dispute resolution outside of the Indian Act / William B. Shipley
8. Anthropology in international law: the case of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage / Janet Blake
9. Cultural landscapes significant to indigenous peoples / James A. R. Nafziger
Part IV Cosmopolitan comparative perspectives
10. Narrative of laws, narratives of peoples / Elina N. Moustaira
11. Images of Muhammad: religious law and freedom of expression / Richard Francaviglia
Part V Historical orientation
12. Law, society and landscape in early Scandinavia / Stefan Brink
13. Transgenic Maize: The Mexican cultural battle / Jorge Sanchez Cordero
14. A trinity of culture, law and politics: legal anthropology of the bonded labor system in Nepal / Upendra D. Acharya
Part VI Contextual differences
15. Global law firms in real-world contexts: practical limitations and ethical implications / Eve Darian-Smith
16. An historical, cultural and political perspective of corruption in the Balkans / Novacovic
Part VII
In-depth field research
17. The anthropologist as expert witness: a personal account / Richard Price
18. Intellectual property law in comparative perspective: the case of trademark 'piracy' in Guatemala / Kedron Thomas
19. The voice of the stranger: foreign leavesl.m. students' experiences of culture, law and pedagogy in US law schools / Mindie Lazarus-Black
Part VIII Relationship with legal anthropological traditions and its theoretical and methodological concerns
20. Distance in law and globalisation: armchair anthropology revisited / Riaz Tejani
Index.
1. Law and anthropology: research traditions / Sally Falk Moore
2. Whose comparative law? A global perspective / Laura Nader
Part II Complexity, legal pluralism and totality of legal ideas
3. Anthropology on trial: the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Controversy (1993-2001) / P. G. McHugh
4. First nation control over archaeological sites: contemporary issues in heritage law, policy and practice / Catherine Bell
5. The hybridity of law in Namibia and The role of community law in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) / Oliver C. Ruppel and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting
6. Legal pluralism - linking law and culture in national resource co-management and environmental compliance / Anastasia Telesetsky
Part III Legal schemes of meaning and social significance of law
7. Governance disputes involving first nations in Canada: Culture, custom and dispute resolution outside of the Indian Act / William B. Shipley
8. Anthropology in international law: the case of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage / Janet Blake
9. Cultural landscapes significant to indigenous peoples / James A. R. Nafziger
Part IV Cosmopolitan comparative perspectives
10. Narrative of laws, narratives of peoples / Elina N. Moustaira
11. Images of Muhammad: religious law and freedom of expression / Richard Francaviglia
Part V Historical orientation
12. Law, society and landscape in early Scandinavia / Stefan Brink
13. Transgenic Maize: The Mexican cultural battle / Jorge Sanchez Cordero
14. A trinity of culture, law and politics: legal anthropology of the bonded labor system in Nepal / Upendra D. Acharya
Part VI Contextual differences
15. Global law firms in real-world contexts: practical limitations and ethical implications / Eve Darian-Smith
16. An historical, cultural and political perspective of corruption in the Balkans / Novacovic
Part VII
In-depth field research
17. The anthropologist as expert witness: a personal account / Richard Price
18. Intellectual property law in comparative perspective: the case of trademark 'piracy' in Guatemala / Kedron Thomas
19. The voice of the stranger: foreign leavesl.m. students' experiences of culture, law and pedagogy in US law schools / Mindie Lazarus-Black
Part VIII Relationship with legal anthropological traditions and its theoretical and methodological concerns
20. Distance in law and globalisation: armchair anthropology revisited / Riaz Tejani
Index.