Publication

2018 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

78,750 words, Guess

Page Count

315 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004359116
  • ISBN-109004359117
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018007402
  • OCLC Control Number1019653509
  • Better World Books9789004359116
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCKTQ469.5.A58 2018
  • LCCKTQ469.5 .A58 2018

Description

Anthropology of Law in Muslim Sudan' analyses the hybridity of law systems and the plurality of legal practices in rural and urban contexts of contemporary Sudan, shedding light on the complex relation between Islam and society. It is the outcome of the international research program ANDROMAQUE (Anthropologie du Droit dans les Mondes Musulmans Africains et Asiatiques), funded by the French ANR (Agence National de la Recherche) between 2011 and 2014. Crossing two disciplinary perspectives, anthropology and law, the present volume contains original fieldwork data on contemporary urban and rural Sudan. Focusing on two major domains, land property and courts, several case studies demonstrate the relevance of an approach based on "legal practices" to underline, first, the plurality and hybridity of law systems and the relative role of the Islamic reference in Sudanese society, and, secondly, the reshaping of legal behaviors and norms after the breaking point of South Sudan's independence in 2011.0.

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