Description: Legal Anthropology: An Introduction offers an initial overview into the challenging debates surrounding the cross-cultural analysis of legal systems. Equal parts review and criticism, the text outlines the historical landmarks in the development of the discipline, identifying ...
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"James M. Donovan's Legal Anthropology: An Introduction is a very useful, needy, and successful account that presents the various aspects of law, with a clear and balanced exposition of the major theories of legal scholars." --Leopold Pospisil, professor and curator emeritus, Yale Peabody Museum
"Donovan's introduction is a book worth reading....His book succeeds in its function as a textbook....This book makes a well-written introduction to an important field of anthropology." --Anthropos "In a field where there are many good and some great monographs, critical overviews are few and far between, and James M. Donovan's comprehensive treatment of legal anthropology comes as a breath of fresh air. Legal Anthropology guides newcomers to the rich literature of law and anthropology, and provides more mature scholars with perspectives to debate." --Mack O'Barr, professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University and author of Just Words, Second Edition: Law, Language, and Power