Law, anthropology, and the constitution of the social [electronic resource] : making persons and things / edited by Alain Pottage and Martha Mundy.

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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: ix, 310 pISBN:

0511212496
9780511212499
0511214308
9780511214301
9780511210723
9780521831789
9780521539456
9780511216091
0511216092
9780511493751
0511493754

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340/.115 22

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K487.A57 L384 2004

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Contents:

Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction: the fabrication of persons and things Alain Pottage; 2. Res Religiosae: on the categories of religion and commerce in Roman law Yan Thomas; 3. Scientific objects and legal objectivity Bruno Latour; 4. Legal fabrications and the case of 'cultural property' Tim Murphy; 5. Ownership or office? A debate in Islamic Hanafite jurisprudence over the nature of the military 'fief', from the Mamluks to the Ottomans Martha Mundy; 6. Gedik: a bundle of rights and obligations for Istanbul artisans and traders, 1750-1840 Engin Deniz Akarli; 7. Losing (out on) intellectual resources Marilyn Strathern; 8. Re-visualising attachment: an anthropological perspective on persons and property forms Susanne Kuchler; 9. Our original inheritance Alain Pottage; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: The product of a collaboration between leading theorists in law and anthropology, this book develops an innovative analysis of legal practices. Specifically, it focuses on how law constructs persons and things, and develops new approaches to the question of ownership. These approaches are of particular value in understanding the cultural impact of biotechnology. At the same time, they illuminate the history of Western law, and develop thought-provoking comparisons between Western law and Islamic law.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-301) and index.

The product of a collaboration between leading theorists in law and anthropology, this book develops an innovative analysis of legal practices. Specifically, it focuses on how law constructs persons and things, and develops new approaches to the question of ownership. These approaches are of particular value in understanding the cultural impact of biotechnology. At the same time, they illuminate the history of Western law, and develop thought-provoking comparisons between Western law and Islamic law.

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