Legal Pluralism

New Trajectories in Law
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-48713-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Reihe: New Trajectories in Law

This book examines the development and fundamental nature of legal pluralism.

Legal pluralism evokes two distinctions: ‘state’ vs ‘non-state’ law; and ‘law’ vs ‘non-law’. As such, although this book focuses upon circumstances in which two or more legal orders compete to govern the same social space, it also addresses the nature of law in general. Drawing on material conflicts arising within jurisdictions such as Australia, Burundi, Cameroon, Gambia, the United States, and Zambia, this book explores the conceptual, moral, and political challenges that legal pluralism creates. Emphasising that non-state law carries no less dignity than that often ascribed to the legal orders of contemporary states, it advances a theoretically sophisticated argument in favour of recognising and respecting genuine cases of legal pluralism, wherever they arise.

Accessible and thought provoking, this book will appeal to legal scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, and political and social philosophers as well as practising lawyers, judges, and policymakers who deal with issues of legal pluralism.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Alex

Hendry, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: A New Trajectory for Legal Pluralism 1. The Conceptual Development of Legal Pluralism 2. The Value(s) of Law and the Possibility of its Plurality 3. Colonial Injustice and Legal Pluralism. Conclusion: The Universal Plurality of Law

Über Autor(innen)

Alex Green is a Senior Lecturer at York Law School, University of York, and an Academic Associate of 23 Essex Street Chambers (London and Manchester), UK.

Jennifer Hendry is a Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds School of Law and an Academic Associate of 23 Essex Street Chambers (London and Manchester), UK.