Legal Pluralism and Development - Scholars and Practitioners in Dialogue (Hardcover, New)

Previous efforts at legal development have focused almost exclusively on state legal systems, many of which have shown little improvement over time. Recently, organizations engaged in legal development activities have begun to pay greater attention to the implications of local, informal, indigenous, religious, and village courts or tribunals, which often are more efficacious than state legal institutions, especially in rural communities. Legal pluralism is the term applied to these situations because these institutions exist alongside official state legal systems, usually in a complex or uncertain relationship. Although academics, especially legal anthropologists and sociologists, have discussed legal pluralism for decades, their work has not been consulted in the development context. Similarly, academics have failed to benefit from the insights of development practitioners. This book brings together, in a single volume, contributions from academics and practitioners to explore the implications of legal pluralism for legal development. All of the practitioners have extensive experience in development projects, the academics come from a variety of backgrounds, and most have written extensively on legal pluralism and on development.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	May 2012
Editors:	Brian Z. Tamanaha • Caroline Sage • Michael Woolcock
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-01940-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society
LSN:	1-107-01940-0
Barcode:	9781107019409

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