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Title Corruption and the secret of law : a legal anthropological perspective / edited by Monique Nuijten and Gerhard Anders
Published Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 222 pages) : illustrations
Series Law, justice, and power
Law, justice, and power.
Contents Corruption and the secret of law : an introduction / Gerhard Anders and Monique Nuijten -- Hidden acts, open talks : how anthropology can "observe" and describe corruption / Giorgio Blundo -- Deep corruption in Indonesia : discourses, practices, histories / Heinzpeter Znoj -- Corruption judgments in prewar Japan : locating the influence of tradition, morality, and trust on criminal justice / Andrew MacNaughton and Kam Bill Wong -- Corrupted files : cross-fading defense strategies of a Vesuvian lawyer / Livia Holden and Giovanni Tortora -- Corruption narratives and the power of concealment : the case of Burundi's civil war / Simon turner -- The orchestration of corruption and excess enjoyment in western Mexico / Pieter de Vries -- Corruption or social capital? : tact and the performance of Guanxi in market socialist China / Alan Smart and Carloyn Hsu -- Corruption in the U.S. borderlands with Mexico : the "purity" of society and the "perversity" of borders / Josiah McC. Heyman and Howard Campbell
Summary Presenting a critical anthropological perspective on the hidden continuities between corruption and law, this volume draws on studies from different parts of the world and provides a valuable resource for students, researchers and policy-makers
Analysis recht
law
corruptie
corruption
intercultureel onderzoek
cross cultural studies
cultuur
culture
antropologie
anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology of Law
Rechtssociologie- en antropologie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Corruption.
Corruption -- Cross-cultural studies
Culture and law
Law and anthropology.
71.65 criminality as a social problem.
86.42 offences.
TRUE CRIME -- General.
Corruption
Culture and law
Law and anthropology
Corruptie.
Rechtsantropologie.
Corruption.
Corruption -- Cross-cultural studies.
Culture and law.
Law and anthropology.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Congresses (form)
Form Electronic book
Author Nuijten, Monique.
Anders, Gerhard.
ISBN 9780754685043
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9781351948357
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9781351948340
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9781281238382
9786611238384
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