Legalism : rules and categories

Drawing on a wide range of historical and ethnographic examples, this volume elucidates the relationship between legal thinking and explicit rules and categories from a rigorously cross-cultural and comparative perspective.

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Introduction : rules and categories : an overview /
Rules, culture, and imagination in Sanskrit jurisprudence /
Written law as words to live by /
Telling stories about (Roman) law : rules and concepts in legal discourse /
Rules, proverbs, and persuasion : legalism and rhetoric in Tibet /
'Half-free' categories in the early Middle Ages : fine status distinctions before professional lawyers /
In praise of disorder : breaking the rules in northern Chad /
A polyphony of rules and categories : the case of early Rus /
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Categories and consequences in Amazonia /
Legalism and the care of the self : Sharīʻa discourse in contemporary Lebanon /
Hauptverfasser:
Scheele, Judith (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn), Dresch, Paul (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zusammenfassung:
Drawing on a wide range of historical and ethnographic examples, this volume elucidates the relationship between legal thinking and explicit rules and categories from a rigorously cross-cultural and comparative perspective.
Umfang:
1 online resource
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-181545-4
Schlagworte:
Law > Philosophy.
Rule of law > Philosophy.
Procedure (Law)
Law, General & Comparative
Law, Politics & Government
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