The future of tradition : customary law, common law, and legal pluralism /
"This book offers a comprehensive survey of various aspects of tribal life, and focuses on political issues such as the meaning of sovereignty; legal issues dealing with the role of custom and social issues concerned with sustaining communal life." "Recent judicial decisions are analy...
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London ; Portland, OR :
F. Cass,
2000
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sheleff, Leon Shaskolsky | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The future of tradition : |b customary law, common law, and legal pluralism / |c Leon Sheleff |
| 260 | |a London ; |a Portland, OR : |b F. Cass, |c 2000 | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 512 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-497) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Background: custom-made law -- Pluralism in the modern world -- Tribalism -- vague but valid -- Whither the state? customary law as common law -- The framework: the invention of discovery -- Between recognition and repugnancy -- The right to group rights -- Belonging and identity -- The local tribe in the global village -- The trials of tribal courts -- The issues: land is forever -- Holy rites and sacred sites -- A reasonable "cultural" defense -- From harm to harmony -- For shame -- Family matters -- Women and children first -- Special topics: proving the customary rule -- Academic questions -- Accounting for the past -- Beyond the law -- Conclusion: history in the making -- Community in society | |
| 520 | |a "This book offers a comprehensive survey of various aspects of tribal life, and focuses on political issues such as the meaning of sovereignty; legal issues dealing with the role of custom and social issues concerned with sustaining communal life." "Recent judicial decisions are analyzed as a reflection of the far-reaching changes that have taken place, in a process that has seen the disregard of basic rights of indigenous people being replaced by an awareness of the injustices perpetrated in the past and a willingness to seek to redress them."--BOOK JACKET | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Customary law | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indigenous peoples |x Legal status, laws, etc | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indigenous peoples |x Social life and customs | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Legal polycentricity | |
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| 852 | |a Law Library |b Lower Level |h K282 .S53 2000 |p 33940004466528 | ||