Legal anthropology
By: Norbert Rouland ; translated by Philippe G. Planel.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Ethnological jurisprudence.
Description: The author outlines the history of the 'anthropology of law', drawing on the intellectual context of legal development. In the second part Professor Rouland examines the legal ideas, institutions and processes of small-scale non-Western societies, moving finally towards an anthropology of modern law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 7-16) and index.
"Originating publisher of the English edition: The Athlone Press, London"--T.p. verso.