This collection of rich, empirically grounded case studies investigates the conditions and consequences of 'juridification' - the use of law by ordinary individuals as a form of protest against 'the state'. Starting from the actual practices of claimants, these case studies address the translation and interpretation of legal norms into local concepts, actions and practices in a way that highlights the social and cultural dynamism and multivocality of communities in their interaction with the law and legal norms. The contributors to this volume challenge the image of homogeneous and primordially norm-bound cultures that has been (unintentionally) perpetuated by some of the more prevalent treatments of law and culture. This volume highlights the heterogeneous geography of law and the ways boundaries between different legal bodies are transcended in struggles for rights. Contributions include case studies from South Africa, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Turkey, India, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, the Marshall Islands and Russia.

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Information

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9781139415644

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Human Rights

Index

Politics & International Relations

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LAW AGAINST THE STATE
CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN LAW AND SOCIETY
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: LAW’S TRAVELS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
CHAPTER 1 JURIDIFICATION OF INDIGENOUS POLITICS
CHAPTER 2 NAMING, CLAIMING, PROVING? THE BURDEN OF PROOF ISSUE FOR RUSSIA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
CHAPTER 3 HUMAN RIGHTS AND VILLAGE HEADMEN IN MALAWI: TRANSLATION BEYOND VERNACULARISATION
CHAPTER 4 JURIDIFICATION, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN SIERRA LEONE
CHAPTER 5 THE JURIDIFICATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST AND THE POLITICISATION OF LEGALISM IN SOUTH AFRICAN LAND RESTITUTION
CHAPTER 6 RUMOURS OF RIGHTS
CHAPTER 7 PUBLIC INTEREST AND PRIVATE COMPROMISES:
CHAPTER 8 LAW AGAINST DISPLACEMENT: THE JURIDIFICATION OF TRIBAL PROTEST IN ROURKELA, ORISSA
CHAPTER 9 DOCUMENTING ‘TRUTH’ IN THE MARGINS OF THE TURKISH STATE
CHAPTER 10 THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY: LAW, SACRIFICE AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN TURKEY
EPILOGUE: CHANGING PARADIGMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
INDEX