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The future of tradition : customary law, common law, and legal pluralism / Leon Sheleff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2000Description: viii, 512 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0714649538
  • 9780714649535
  • 0714680125
  • 9780714680125
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.5 21
LOC classification:
  • K282 .S53 2000
Contents:
Part 1. Background: custom-made law -- Pluralism in the modern world -- Tribalism - vague but valid -- Whither the state? customary law as common law -- Part 2. The framework: the invention of discovery -- Between recognition and repugnancy -- The right to group rights -- Belonging and identity -- The local tribe in the global village -- The trials of tribal courts -- Part 3. The issues: land is forever -- Holy rites and sacred sites -- A reasonable "cultural" defense -- From harm to harmony -- For shame -- Family matters -- Women and children first -- Part 4. Special topics: proving the customary rule -- Academic questions -- Accounting for the past -- Beyond the law -- Part 5. Conclusion: history in the making -- Community in society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-497) and index.

Part 1. Background: custom-made law -- Pluralism in the modern world -- Tribalism - vague but valid -- Whither the state? customary law as common law -- Part 2. The framework: the invention of discovery -- Between recognition and repugnancy -- The right to group rights -- Belonging and identity -- The local tribe in the global village -- The trials of tribal courts -- Part 3. The issues: land is forever -- Holy rites and sacred sites -- A reasonable "cultural" defense -- From harm to harmony -- For shame -- Family matters -- Women and children first -- Part 4. Special topics: proving the customary rule -- Academic questions -- Accounting for the past -- Beyond the law -- Part 5. Conclusion: history in the making -- Community in society.

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