The Disputing Process–Law in Ten Societies 9780231893121

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction: The Disputing Process
1. Pigs and Politics in the New Guinea Highlands: Conflict Escalation Among the Jalé
2. The Atlantic Fishermen
3. Litigious Marginals: Character and Disputing in a Bavarian Village
4. Turkish Village Disputing Behavior
5. The Social Dynamics of Dispute Settlement in a Sunni Muslim Village in Lebanon
6. A Good Name is Worth More Than Money: Strategies of Court Use in Urban Ghana
7. Disputing Over Livestock in Sardinia
8. Dispute Settlement and Dispute Processing in Zambia: Individual Choice versus Societal Constraints
9. Disputing Issues in Shehaam, a Multireligious Village in Lebanon
10. Village or State? Competitive Legal Systems in a Mexican Judicial District
References
Name Index
Subject Index

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The Disputing Process—Law in Ten Societies

THE DISPUTING PROCESSLAW IN TEN SOCIETIES LAURA N A D E R AND HARRY F . TODD JR. , EDITORS

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

1978

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: T h e Disputing process—Law in ten societies. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Arbitration and award. 2. Negotiation. 3. Courts. 4. Customary law. I. Nader, Laura. II. Todd, Harry F. K2400.D5 347'.09 78-8729 I S B N 0-231-04536-0 I S B N 0 - 2 3 1 - 0 4 5 3 7 - 9 pbk.

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