Law and Economic Organization

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Exploring the variation of legal institutions across sixty preindustrial societies, Katherine Newman argues that economic organization is key to understanding these differences. Utilizing a Marxian approach, she draws on original ethnographic sources to reveal how legal processes regulate economic life in diverse contexts. By examining commonalities in law related to different modes of production, the book highlights the tensions within these systems and contributes significantly to the comparative study of legal systems, appealing to anthropologists and those interested in legal institutions.