Law against the State Ethnographic Forays into Law’s Transformations
Law against the State Ethnographic Forays into Law’s Transformations by Julia Eckert, published by Cambridge University Press on November 20, 2014, is a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of ‘juridification,’ where individuals utilize legal frameworks as a means of protest against state authority. This edition, comprising 306 pages, presents a collection of empirically grounded case studies that delve into how legal norms are interpreted and adapted within various cultural contexts, revealing the dynamic interactions between communities and the law.
Readers will find a diverse array of case studies from regions including South Africa, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Turkey, India, and Russia, each illustrating the complexities of legal engagement in different social settings. The book emphasizes the multifaceted nature of law and its application, challenging the notion of uniform cultural responses to legal systems. By exploring the translation of legal concepts into local practices, this work contributes to the fields of political science, human rights, and anthropology, offering insights into the ongoing struggles for rights and the heterogeneous geography of law.
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A collection of rich, empirically grounded case studies which 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, the case studies included 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. In doing so, we challenge the image of homogeneous and primordially norm-bound cultures that has been (unintentionally) perpetuated by some of the more widely accepted treatments of law and culture. This volume highlights the heterogeneous geography of law and the ways boundaries between different legal bodies are transcended in the struggles for rights. Contributions include case studies from South Africa, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Turkey, India and Russia.
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