Legal anthropology

Legal anthropology

Legal anthropology is a sub-sub-discipline of anthropology which studies conflict management in cultures around the world. Carol Greenhouse describes legal anthropology as "the cross-cultural study of social ordering". [cite book | author = Greenhouse, Carol J. | title = Praying for Justice: Faith, Order, and Community in an American Town | location = Ithaca | publisher = Cornell UP | year = 1986 | pages = 28] Malinowski’s 1926 work, "Crime and Custom in Savage Society", law, order, crime, and punishment are explored among the Trobriand Islanders. [Malinowski, Bronislaw 1985 [1926] Crime and Custom in Savage Society. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman & Allanheld.] Further early works by anthropologists on the topic of law include Henry Sumner Maine’s 1861 work, "Ancient Law", and Lewis Henry Morgan’s 1877 work, Ancient Society. [Moore, Sally Falk 2005 Law and Anthropology: A Reader. Sally Falk Moore, ed. Pp. 20-25. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell.]

Similar to those interested in Medical Anthropology, a number of Legal Anthropologists hold both Juris Doctors and advanced degrees in anthropology. Some use this background to do applied work such as Allen C. Turner, Ph.D., J.D. [ [http://www.actesq.com/cv.htm Allen C. Turner, Applied Legal Anthropology ] ]

If looking for Anthropology departments with faculty specializing in legal anthropology, try the following schools and professors:University of California, Berkeley (Laura Nader), University of California, Irvine (Susan Bibler Coutin, Bill Maurer, Justin B. Richland),University of Chicago (John Comaroff),Duke University (William M. O'Barr),Indiana University (Carol J. Greenhouse),Princeton University (Lawrence Rosen, Carol J. Greenhouse),Stanford University (Jane F. Collier, James Lowell Gibbs Jr.(both retired)) [ [http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/theory_pages/LEGAL.htm Disciplines & Subdisciplines- Legal Anthropology ] ] , Cornell University (Annelise Riles).

References

External links

* [http://www.aaanet.org/apla/index.htm Association for Political and Legal Anthropology]
* [http://www.acaj.org/home.htm French Association for Legal Anthropology]
* [http://www.acaj.org/news/ Research News concerning Legal Anthropology]


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