Introduction: Law, Anthropology and History, Law as Discourse, Ancestors: Henry Maine and the constitution of primitive society, Law and Knowledge: Disputes, their conduct and their settlement in the village communities of eastern Brittany in the ninth century, Social relations on stage: Witnesses in Classical Athens, Law and Local Power: The benevolent proprietor and the property law: A British-Indian dilemma, Law, arbitrariness and the power of the Lords of North Lebanon, The Legal Discourse: Speech and Silences: 11Reading the Riot Act: The discourse of law-enforcement in 18th century England, Silences of the law: Customary law and positive law on the manumission of slaves in 19th century Brazil, Islamic law and the social context of exchange in the medieval Middle East.
