300635 Introduction to Legal Anthropology: Local and Global Concepts of Justice (30-M25) (S) (SoSe 2025)

Interest in Legal Anthropology has grown substantially over the last two decades- because of the need for ethnographic analysis of legal processes. Legal anthropology combines anthropology and law into one synthesis, like the ethnographic analysis of courts and court proceedings in, say, Myanmar. Also of high interest is the negotiation of justice in international organizations, like the International Criminal Court, and the question of the representation of the local victims in this court. Another important field is the question of transitional justice, especially for societies that experience crimes against humanity. Discrimination and unequal treatment in court is another field we would like to explore as is legal persecution and the legal defense of human rights. How can these legal processes
be ethnographically captured and contribute to the documentation of (in)justice?

Bibliography

Acevedo, Deepa Das (1923): What’s Law Got To Do with It?: Anthropological Engagement with Legal Scholarship, Law & Social Inquiry, Volume 48, Issue 1, 1–13, February 2023.