Department of Law and Anthropology

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The Department of Law and Anthropology is a research unit that examines how legal systems and norms interact with cultural practices and social life from an anthropological perspective.

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Department of Law and Anthropology canonical 1

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instanceOf academic department
research unit
approach anthropological perspective on legal norms
socio-legal studies
collaboratesWith anthropologists
legal scholars
policy institutions
social scientists
disciplineIntegration bridges law and social sciences
combines doctrinal legal analysis with ethnography
fieldOfStudy anthropology
law
legal anthropology
focusArea conflict resolution and dispute settlement
cultural diversity and law
customary law
everyday bureaucratic practices
globalization and legal change
indigenous rights
legal pluralism
migration and law
state-citizen relations
goal analyze the cultural dimensions of legal norms
contribute to interdisciplinary legal scholarship
understand how law operates in social and cultural contexts
knowledgeArea comparative legal cultures
ethnography of law
norms and social control
offers research training for students
seminars and workshops
produces academic research
policy-relevant analyses
scholarly publications
researchFocus anthropological perspectives on law
interaction between legal systems and cultural practices
relationship between law and social life
researchMethod ethnographic methods
interdisciplinary approaches
qualitative research
studies governance and regulation
human rights in practice
law in everyday life
legal systems in cultural context
norms, customs, and informal regulation
plural legal orders
state and non-state forms of law
teaches courses in legal anthropology
courses in socio-legal studies

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Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology hasPart Department of Law and Anthropology