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Lawyers and Savages - Ancient History and Legal Realism in the Making of Legal Anthropology (Hardcover)
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Lawyers and Savages - Ancient History and Legal Realism in the Making of Legal Anthropology (Hardcover)
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Legal primitivism was a complex phenomenon that combined the study
of early European legal traditions with studies of the legal
customs of indigenous peoples. Lawyers and Savages: Ancient History
and Legal Realism in the Making of Legal Anthropology explores the
rise and fall of legal primitivism, and its connection to the
colonial encounter. Through examples such as blood feuds,
communalism, ordeals, ritual formalism and polygamy, this book
traces the intellectual revolution of legal anthropology and
demonstrates how this scholarship had a clear impact in
legitimating the colonial experience. Detailing how legal realism
drew on anthropology in order to help counter the hypothetical
constructs of legal formalism, this book also shows how, despite
their explicit rejection, the central themes of primitive law
continue to influence current ideas - about indigenous legal
systems, but also of the place and role of law in development.
Written in an engaging style and rich in examples from history and
literature, this book will be invaluable to those with interests in
legal realism, legal history or legal anthropology.
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