ANT 354 - Culture and Law

One from ANT 100, INT 100, POL 190; or consent of instructor. (3)

Study of the intersection of culture and law, with attention to forms of authority, legitimacy, and power embedded within different legal systems. Consideration of the relationship of law to the cultural aspects of economics, religion, social organization, and other features of society. Anthropological understandings of the origins of law and legal concepts and processes like contract, customary and common law, conflict and contestation, human rights, and sovereignty. Graded ABCDE