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Chapter 01: Anthropology Of Law As A Science - Prefatory Materials, Wolfgang Fikentscher
Chapter 01: Anthropology Of Law As A Science - Prefatory Materials, Wolfgang Fikentscher
Wolfgang Fikentscher
Inclusive online updates jan10. Chapter 1 redefines the position of legal anthropology within the social sciences. A new definition of law for anthropological purposes is sought, and in this context authority as an indispensable conceptional element of law is discussed in a new light. The relationship of law and justice will appear in a new light. Legal pluralism willo show two separable dimensions. Among the social science aspects of anthropology, empirical thinking and guidance by models are being contrasted and related to Pre-socratic, Platonic and Kantian epistemology.