Law, Anthropology, and the Constitution of the Social: Making Persons and Things

The product of a collaboration between leading theorists in law and anthropology, this book develops an innovative analysis of legal practices. Specifically, it focuses on how law constructs persons and things, and develops new approaches to the question of ownership. These approaches are of particular value in understanding the cultural impact of biotechnology. At the same time, they illuminate the history of Western law, and develop thought-provoking comparisons between Western law and Islamic law.

Author: Alain Pottage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/24/2004
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780521831789

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2005 pg. 1063

About the Author
Pottage, Alain: - Alain Pottage is reader in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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