Stategraphy-the ethnographic exploration of relational modes, boundary work, and forms of embeddedne... more

Stategraphy-the ethnographic exploration of relational modes, boundary work, and forms of embeddedne... more

First Published in 1999. This book provides a critical analysis of the widespread assumption that th... more

How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatologi... more

Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity is a long-term study of the historical t... more

Religion manifests in an array of disputes in different geographical contexts. Here, the contributor... more

How is law mobilized and who has the power and authority to construct its meaning? This important vo... more

Disorder and instability are matters of continuing public concern. Terrorism, as a threat to global ... more

As an important contribution to debates on property theory and the role of law in creating, disputin... more

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Spatializing Law: An Anthropological Geography of Law in Society focuses on law and its location, ex... more

As an important contribution to debates on property theory and the role of law in creating, disputin... more

Social scientists have long recognized many apparent contradictions in the Minangkabau. The world s ... more

"On 27 January 1945 Otto Frank was liberated from Auschwitz by Russian soldiers. At that point not o... more

Offering an anthropological perspective, this volume explores the changing relations between law and... more