The Future of Tradition : Customary Law, Common Law and Legal Pluralism

ISBN-13: 9780714649535 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 520 str.

Leon Sheleff

Opis

Recent years have seen an increased interest in the variety of cultures co-existing within one state, and a growing acknowledgement of the values ensconced in pluralistic social structures. this book examines the manner in which indigenous people can function in modern states, preserving their traditional customs, while simultaneously adapting aspects of their culture to the challenges posed by modern life. Whereas it was formerly assumed that these tribal frameworks were doomed to extinction, and some states even encouraged such a process, there has been a revival in their vitality, linked to a recognition of their rights.

Spis treści

Ethnic Conflict Research Digest

"a masterly, comprehensive and erudite survey of most of the legal issues which arise when a polity contains members of several ethnic communities and political strata whose central values differ from one another"



"this rich book covers a wide range of themes, traversing the literature of anthropology and sociology, jurisprudence, law, constitutional theory, colonial history and modern politics... Sheleff has usefully covered a vast amount of reading... a sustained attack...acknowledging a history of repression, it is a thought-provoking and profound book"

- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies



"This rich book covers a wide range of themes, traversing the literature of anthropology and sociology, jurisprudence, law, constitutional theory, colonial history and modern politics. Consequently, Sheleff has usefully covered a vast amount of reading... It is a thought provoking and profound book."

- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

O autorze

Leon Sheleff Tel Aviv University