History and Power in the Study of Law
Subtitle: New Directions in Legal Anthropology (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
Contributors: June Starr (Editor); Jane F. Collier (Editor)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780801494239
Subjects: Foundations of law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Sociology; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Congresses; History; Law and anthropology
First sentence: One of the most dramatic changes in the history of European legal systems has been the transition from public executions to imprisonment, which took place at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth.