Understanding legal pluralism: Past to present, local to global

  • Brian Z. Tamanaha

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

    14 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    The notion of legal pluralism is gaining momentum across a range of law-related fields. Part I of this article will portray the rich history of legal pluralism, from the medieval period up to the present. Part II will explain why current theoretical efforts to formulate legal pluralism are plagued by the difficulty of defining "law." Finally, Part III will articulate an approach to contemporary legal pluralism that avoids the conceptual problems suffered by most current approaches, while framing the salient features of legal pluralism.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLegal Theory and the Social Sciences
    Subtitle of host publicationVolume II
    PublisherTaylor and Francis
    Pages447-483
    Number of pages37
    ISBN (Electronic)9781351560474
    ISBN (Print)9780754628897
    StatePublished - Jul 5 2017

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