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The life of the law [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological projects / / Laura Nader



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Autore: Nader Laura Visualizza persona
Titolo: The life of the law [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological projects / / Laura Nader Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
Disciplina: 340/.115
Soggetto topico: Law and anthropology
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century
american democracy
anthropology
business corporations
civic
corporate interests
democracy
dispute resolution
economic justice
globalization
lawyers
legal anthropologists
legal anthropology
legal history
legal issues
legislation
mediation
modern law
neoliberal ideology
plaintiffs role
political activists
power of the law
role of the law
social activists
social change
social justice
social science
united states
us judicial system
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-250) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Evolving an Ethnography of Law: A Personal Document -- 2. Lawyers and Anthropologists -- 3. Hegemonic Processes in Law: Colonial to Contemporary -- 4. The Plaintiff: A User Theory -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Laura Nader, an instrumental figure in the development of the field of legal anthropology, investigates an issue of vital importance for our time: the role of the law in the struggle for social and economic justice. In this book she gives an overview of the history of legal anthropology and at the same time urges anthropologists, lawyers, and activists to recognize the centrality of law in social change. Nader traces the evolution of the plaintiff's role in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century and passionately argues that the atrophy of the plaintiff's power during this period represents a profound challenge to justice and democracy. Taking into account the vast changes wrought in both anthropology and the law by globalization, Nader speaks to the increasing dominance of large business corporations and the prominence of neoliberal ideology and practice today. In her discussion of these trends, she considers the rise of the alternative dispute resolution movement, which since the 1960's has been part of a major overhaul of the U.S. judicial system. Nader links the increasing popularity of this movement with the erosion of the plaintiff's power and suggests that mediation as an approach to conflict resolution is structured to favor powerful--often corporate--interests.
Titolo autorizzato: The life of the law  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-93618-3
1-59734-713-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780378603321
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