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• Title:Law, culture, and ritual : disputing systems in cross-cultural context / Oscar G. Chase ; foreword by Jerome S. Bruner.
  
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• Author/Creator:Chase, Oscar G.
  
• Published/Created:New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K2390 .C48 2005 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Dispute resolution (Law)
  Culture and law.
  
• Description:xv, 207 p. ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780814716519 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0814716512 (cloth : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Jerome S. Bruner
  1. Introduction
  2. lesson of the Azande
  3. "Modern" dispute-ways
  4. American "exceptionalism" in civil litigation
  5. discretionary power of the judge in cultural context
  6. rise of ADR in cultural context
  7. role of ritual
  8. How disputing influences culture
  9. Conclusion
  Afterword : the classroom and the terror of relativism.