TY - GEN T1 - Law, culture, and ritual : disputing systems in cross-cultural context A1 - Chase, Oscar G. LA - English PP - New York PB - New York University Press YR - 2005 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm76964383 AB - Disputing systems are products of the societies in which they operate--they originate and mutate in response to disputes that are particular to specific social, cultural, and political contexts. Disputing procedures, therefore, are an important medium through which fundamental beliefs, values, and symbols of culture are communicated, preserved, and sometimes altered. In Law, Culture, and Ritual, Oscar G. Chase uses interdisciplinary scholarship to examine the cultural contexts of legal institutions, and presents several case studies to demonstrate that the processes used for resolving disputes have a cultural origin and impact.Ranging from the dispute resolution practices of the Azande, a technologically simple, small-scale African society, to the rise of discretionary authority in civil litigation in America, Chase challenges the claims of some scholars that official dispute systems are more reflective of the interests and preferences of elite professionals than of the cultures in which they are embedded. OP - 207 CN - K2390 .C48 2005eb SN - 1429413964 SN - 9781429413961 SN - 9780814745175 SN - 0814745172 SN - 9780814716519 SN - 0814716512 SN - 9780814716793 SN - 0814716792 KW - Dispute resolution (Law) KW - Culture and law. KW - ReĢ€glement de conflits. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Violence in Society. KW - Culture and law ER -