Law against the State Ethnographic Forays into Law's Transformations

Author: Professor Julia Eckert; Dr Brian Donahoe; Professor Christian Strümpell; Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107014664
Published In: May 2012
Format: Hardback , 306 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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Notes on contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xiv
Introduction:Law’s travels and transformations Julia Eckert, Zerrin Özlem Biner, Brian Donahoe and Christian Strümpell	1
1 Juridification of indigenous politics Stuart Kirsch	23
2 Naming, claiming, proving? The burden of proof issue for Russia’s indigenous peoples Brian Donahoe	44
3 Human rights and village headmen in Malawi: translation beyond vernacularisation Harri Englund	70
4 Juridification, transitional justice and reaching out to the public in Sierra Leone Gerhard Anders	94
5 The juridification of political protest and the politicisation of legalism in South African land restitution Olaf Zenker	118
6 Rumours of rights Julia Eckert	147
7 Public interest and private compromises: the politics of environmental negotiation in Delhi, India Amita Baviskar	171
8 Law against displacement: the juridification of tribal protest in Rourkela, Orissa Christian Strümpell	202
9 Documenting ‘truth’ in the margins of the Turkish state Zerrin Özlem Biner	228
10 The ones who walk away: law, sacrifice and conscientious objection in Turkey Erdem Evren	245
Epilogue:Changing paradigms of human rights Upendra Baxi	266
Index	286