Moving beyond and towards Liberal Legalism: Legal Anthropology and the Liberal Rule of Law

2025/12/02 by Jonas Bens, Larissa Vetters · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Law in Society and Culture #Land Rights and Reforms #New Caledonia Indigenous Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.15460/ethnoscripts.2025.27.1.2456

openalex publication_date 2025/12/02 · openalex created_date 2025/12/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Liberal legalism is under attack from authoritarian movements worldwide. Legal anthropology must respond by studying both: alternative legal orders and how liberal law itself is being transformed and weaponised.

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