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The Life of the Law

Paperback • 2005 • English

The Life of the Law

By Laura Nader

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About the book

Laura Nader, an instrumental figure in the development of the field of legal anthropology, investigates an issue of vital importance for our time: the role of the law in the struggle for social and economic justice. In this book she gives an overview of the history of legal anthropology and at the same time urges anthropologists, lawyers, and activists to recognize the centrality of law in social change. Nader traces the evolution of the plaintiff's role in the United States in the second half o...Show more

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9780520231634

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

The Life of the Law

Format

Paperback

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