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In comparative legal studies, the concept of legal culture has come to play an increasingly significant role in contemporary theorising, empirical analysis and methodological innovation. Using Legal Culture explores a number of the key issues regarding the use of this concept. The essays contained in this book were originally presented in the Journal of Comparative Law Workshop held in Venice University (Ca’ Foscari) May 20-21, 2010. The papers show that legal culture is a very productive concept, and also one which carries different meanings and resonances in different places and different languages and which sometimes means different things to different scholars. This collection therefore offers an especially helpful set of reflections on the nature and analytical value of this concept. The studies published here broadly speaking fall into three categories: general reflections on the concept of legal culture, the use of the concept in the micro-dimensions of the engagement of law with everyday life, and legal culture as a more holistic idea employed to characterise aspects of professionally administered schemes of law and practice. The chapters are written by prominent international scholars, and given a general introduction by one the foremost researchers in the study of legal culture: Professor David Nelken. The book provides an important resource for all students and scholars with an interest in comparative legal studies, as well as for anyone interested in the relationship between law and culture.

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Author:   David Nelken
Publisher:   Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Imprint:   Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Edition:   UK ed.
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.675kg
ISBN:  

9780854901180

ISBN 10:   0854901183
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   19 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

David Nelken - Using Legal Culture: Purposes and Problems Sally Engle Merry - What is Legal Culture? An Anthropological Perspective David M Engel -The Uses of Legal Culture in Contemporary Socio-Legal Studies: A Response to Sally Engle Merry Franz Von Benda- Beckmann and Keebet Von Benda-Beckmann - Why Not Legal Culture? Tom Ginsburg - Lawrence M. Friedman’s Comparative Law, with Notes on Japan Susan S Silbey - J. Locke, op. cit.: Invocations of Law on Snowy Streets Debbie De Girolamo - Seeking Negotiated Order Through Mediation: A Manifestation of Legal Culture? Marc Hertogh - The Curious Case of Dutch Legal Culture: A Reassessment of Survey Evidence Marina Kurkchiyan - Comparing Legal Cultures: Three Models of Court for Small Civil Cases Michael Palmer - Rethinking Children’s Rights and Interests?: Economic Reform, Social Protection and Legal Culture in Post-Mao China Sandra Hotz - Understanding Legal Culture through the Intersection of Law, Culture and Gender — An Example from Japanese Family Law Stewart Field - Finding or Imposing Coherence? Comparing National Cultures of Youth Justice Osvaldo Saldías - Can We Explain the Emergence of Legal Cultures? A Methodological Approach Based on the Example of the Andean Community’s Legal Culture Yüksel Sezgin - The Role of Alternative Legalities in Bringing about Socio-legal Change in Religious Systems

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The author is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Macerata, Visiting Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and Distinguished Visiting Research Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Cardiff. He also holds regular visiting appointments in Universities in Europe and the USA. Widely published, David is a leading writer in the legal studies discourses on the concept of ‘legal culture’.

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