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E.P. Thompson once wrote that "law did not keep politely to a level, but was at every bloody level". This course explores a number of ways in which "law" is part of the social and cultural make up of societies. It will approach the "law" from an interdisciplinary angle, in particular from the sociology and anthropology of law and introduce students to a variety of analytical concepts to approach the "law" as an object of analysis. A number of historical case studies and legal histories will complement the methodological readings. Topics include legal pluralism in colonial/imperial contexts; law and labour relations; law and slavery; law and gender relations; law and sexuality; law and the city; international law. |
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Benton, Lauren A., Richard Jeffrey Ross,(eds.): Legal pluralism and empires, 1500 - 1850. New York: New York Univ. Press, 2013.
Gerhard, Ute. „Civil law and gender in nineteenth-century Europe“. Clio 43 (2016), pp. 250–75.
Rosen, Lawrence. Law as culture: an invitation. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 2008.
Thompson, Edward Palmer. Whigs and hunters: the origin of the Black Act. Reprinted. London [u.a.] : Penguin Books, 1990.
Tomlins, Christopher. „After Critical Legal History: Scope, Scale, Structure“. Annual Review of Law and Social Science 8.1 (2012), pp. 31–68.
Weber, Max. "Intervention in the debate on H. Kantorowicz’s paper on 'Legal science and sociology'". In Bruun, Hans Henrik, und Sam Whimster (eds.). Max Weber: Collected Methodological Writings. London: Routledge, 2013, pp. 365-369. |
