TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheleff,Leon Shaskolsky
TI  - The future of tradition: customary law, common law, and legal pluralism 
SN  - 0714649538
AV  - K282 .S53 2000
U1  - 340.5 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London, Portland, OR
PB  - F. Cass
KW  - Customary law
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Legal polycentricity
N1  - 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
ER  -