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Marburg, Germany - Course Descriptions - Legal Labyrinths: Ethnological Perspectives on Legal Pluralism

Course Information

Subject:	Anthropology (ANT)
Number:	400 level
Language of Instruction:	English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 48 contact hours, 3 semester credits

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Session	Dates	Price
Fall Semester 2009 - German Language and Elective	Early September - Early December 2009	TBA
Academic Year 2009-2010 - German Language and Elective	Early September 2009 - Early June 2010	TBA

Summary

Legal pluralism refers to a social situation in which two or more legal conceptions may be relevant. In the seminar social action in the legal arena will be discussed with ethnographic examples and theoretical analysis.

Full Description

Legal pluralism refers to a social situation in which two or more legal conceptions may be relevant. In the seminar social action in the legal arena will be discussed with ethnographic examples and theoretical analysis. One main question will be: Is law a stable frame of reference for all or rather a resource to justify individual claims by persons in a position of power?