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Law, anthropology, and the constitution of the social : making persons and things / edited by Alain Pottage and Martha Mundy.

Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: ix, 310 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521539456 (pbk.) :
  • 0521539455 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K487.A57 L384 2004
Contents:
Introduction: the fabrication of persons and things / Alain Pottage -- Res Religiosae: on the categories of religion and commerce in Roman law / Yan Thomas -- Scientific objects and legal objectivity / Bruno Latour -- Legal fabrications and the case of 'cultural property' / Tim Murphy -- Ownership or office? A debate in Islamic Hanafite jurisprudence over the nature of the military 'fief, ' from the Mamluks to the Ottomans / Martha Mundy -- Gedik: a bundle of rights and obligations for Istanbul artisans and traders, 1750-1850 / Engin Deniz Akarli -- Losing (out on) intellectual resources / Marilyn Strathern -- Re-visualising attachment: an anthropological perspective on persons and property forms / Susanne Kuc̈hler -- Our original inheritance / Alain Pottage.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection K 487 .A57 L384 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5113469

Introduction: the fabrication of persons and things / Alain Pottage -- Res Religiosae: on the categories of religion and commerce in Roman law / Yan Thomas -- Scientific objects and legal objectivity / Bruno Latour -- Legal fabrications and the case of 'cultural property' / Tim Murphy -- Ownership or office? A debate in Islamic Hanafite jurisprudence over the nature of the military 'fief, ' from the Mamluks to the Ottomans / Martha Mundy -- Gedik: a bundle of rights and obligations for Istanbul artisans and traders, 1750-1850 / Engin Deniz Akarli -- Losing (out on) intellectual resources / Marilyn Strathern -- Re-visualising attachment: an anthropological perspective on persons and property forms / Susanne Kuc̈hler -- Our original inheritance / Alain Pottage.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-301) and index.

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