Critical introduction to law

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Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, A Critical Introduction to Law argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides contemporary examples to demonstrate the relevance of these arguments in the twenty-first century. The book includes an analysis of the common sense of law; the use of anthropological examples to gain external perspectives of our use and…

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Full title :Critical introduction to law / Wade Mansell.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.
Edition:4th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1138775029, 9781138775022, 1317683595, 9781317683599
DOI:10.4324/9781315774169
oclc:on1319458197
LC Classification:K235 .M34 2015
Dewey Decimal:349.41

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Preface postscript,2015""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 The common sense of law""; ""2 Law, order and reality""; ""3 Reality, anthropology and dispute resolution""; ""4 Making rules, making property and translating disputes""; ""5 Defining disputes and comprehending the world""; ""6 Women and subordination""; ""7 Patriarchal relations and marriage""; ""8 Men, women, work and law""; ""9 The wider implications of the rule of law""; ""10 Legitimation, sovereignty and globalisation""

""11 Equality and the rule of law""""12 Reconsiderations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""