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Abstract / Description of output
The social-scientific study of law is a heterogeneous, interdisciplinary field where social scientists and legal scholars come together. Whilst sharing a keen interest in the law as social fact, both shaping and being shaped by ideas and behaviour, they do so drawing on different epistemological and methodological foundations. Especially, between legal studies and socio-cultural anthropology, there seems to be a divide in terms of research questions, epistemology and methodology. These differences led Geertz to conclude that legal anthropology ought not to fuse legal studies and anthropology to form a ‘centaur discipline’. Franz von Benda-Beckmann, trained both as lawyer and anthropologist, took issue with this dictum and saw legal anthropology in terms of ‘riding the centaur’. This article will examine different approaches addressing the relationships between the law, legal anthropology and the social-scientific study of law in light of his work.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 411-422 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 2 Dec 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- legal anthropology
- socio-legal studies
- sociology of law
- interdisciplinarity
- adat law studies
- legal pluralism
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African anti-corruption agencies and the problem of independence
26/11/19
1 Media contribution
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Gerhard Anders and Matthew T. Page comment on anti-corruption efforts
Gerhard Anders & Matthew Page
18/09/19
1 Media contribution
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Fighting high-level corruption in Africa: Learning from effective law enforcement
Gerhard Anders & Fortunata Songora Makene
16/09/19
1 Media contribution
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Legal anthropology in Europe at a crossroads: EASA law network workshop
Gerhard Anders (Organiser)
22 Jan 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference