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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807831503321

Autore

Niezen Ronald

Titolo

Public justice and the anthropology of law / / Ronald Niezen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-511-86149-4

1-107-21765-2

1-282-93069-9

9786612930690

0-511-77964-X

0-511-86054-4

0-511-85967-8

0-511-85880-9

0-511-85793-4

0-511-85706-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New departures in anthropology

Disciplina

340/.115

Soggetti

Indigenous peoples - Legal status, laws, etc - Social aspects

Human rights - Social aspects

Public opinion

Law and anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The imagined order -- The power of persons unknown -- Cultural lobbying -- The invention of indigenous peoples -- Civilizing a divided world -- Reconciliation --  Juridification.

Sommario/riassunto

In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating support on behalf of those experiencing human rights violations often calls for strategic representations of injustice and suffering to distant audiences. The positive impulse behind public responses to political abuse can be found in the satisfaction of justice done. But the fact that oppressed peoples and their supporters from around the world are



competing for public attention is actually a profound source of global difference, stemming from differential capacities to appeal to a remote, unknown public. Niezen's discussion of the impact of public opinion on law provides fresh insights into the importance of legally-constructed identity and the changing pathways through which it is being shaped - crucial issues for all those with an interest in anthropology, politics and human rights law.