Anthropology and Law

Mcconnachie, Kirsten (2019) Anthropology and Law. In: The Routledge Handbook of Socio-Legal Theory and Method. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780429952814

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Abstract

Anthropology has had an enormous influence on legal research and in the development of socio-legal studies. The long and rich relationship between anthropology and law has many strands, and it is impossible to provide a comprehensive analysis in one short chapter. Instead, this chapter identifies some “headline” features of this disciplinary relationship and then outlines how my own research has been influenced by anthropological theory and method. Discussing my research on administration of justice among refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Thailand, a project that was deeply informed by anthropology, I identify a number of research challenges (including issues related to fieldwork, ethics, power and positionality). The chapter concludes with some reflections on the future for law–anthropology interdisciplinarity in socio-legal studies.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > International Law Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2019 12:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 22:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70215
DOI:	10.4324/9780429952814-14

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