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Legal pluralism and development : scholars and practitioners in dialogue /
"This book brings together contributions from academics and practitioners to explore the implications of legal pluralism for legal development"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book brings together contributions from academics and practitioners to explore the implications of legal pluralism for legal development"-- "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"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 250 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139380294 113938029X 1139366289 9781139366281 1107231116 9781107231115 1280773596 9781280773594 9786613684363 6613684368 1139378864 9781139378864 1139094599 9781139094597 1139376004 9781139376006 1139372017 9781139372015 1139377434 9781139377430 |