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Diverse societies are now connected by globalization, but how do
ordinary people feel about law as they cope day-to-day with a
transformed world? "Tort, Custom, and Karma" examines how rapid
societal changes, economic development, and integration into global
markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a
special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered
serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand.
This work embraces neither the conventional view that increasing
global connections spread the spirit of liberal legalism, nor its
antithesis that backlash to interconnection leads to ideologies
such as religious fundamentalism. Instead, it looks specifically at
how a person's changing ideas of community, legal justice, and
religious belief in turn transform the role of law particularly as
a viable form of redress for injury. This revealing look at
fundamental shifts in the interconnections between globalization,
state law, and customary practices uncovers a pattern of increasing
remoteness from law that deserves immediate attention.
Diverse societies are now connected by globalization, but how do
ordinary people feel about law as they cope day-to-day with a
transformed world? "Tort, Custom, and Karma" examines how rapid
societal changes, economic development, and integration into global
markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a
special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered
serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand.
This work embraces neither the conventional view that increasing
global connections spread the spirit of liberal legalism, nor its
antithesis that backlash to interconnection leads to ideologies
such as religious fundamentalism. Instead, it looks specifically at
how a person's changing ideas of community, legal justice, and
religious belief in turn transform the role of law particularly as
a viable form of redress for injury. This revealing look at
fundamental shifts in the interconnections between globalization,
state law, and customary practices uncovers a pattern of increasing
remoteness from law that deserves immediate attention.
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