Public Justice and the Anthropology of Law

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ID23779366
AuthorsRonald Niezen (McGill University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Publication date2010-10-21
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenuePublic justice and the anthropology of law (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511779640
OpenAlexW629466054
Open LibraryOL34479570M
ISBN9780511779640
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited35

In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating support on behalf of those experiencing human rights violations often calls for strategic representations of injustice and suffering to distant audiences. The positive impulse behind public responses to political abuse can be found in the satisfaction of justice done. But the fact that oppressed peoples and their supporters from around the world are competing for public attention is actually a profound source of global difference, stemming from differential capacities to appeal to a remote, unknown public. Niezen's discussion of the impact of public opinion on law provides fresh insights into the importance of legally-constructed identity and the changing pathways through which it is being shaped - crucial issues for all those with an interest in anthropology, politics and human rights law.

Appeal · Economic Justice · Human rights · Injustice · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Rule of law · Sociology · Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal and cultural studies analysis · Indigenous peoples · Indigenous peoples, legal status, laws, etc · Law and anthropology · Legal status, laws · Social aspects

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