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An Invitation
Law is integral to culture, and culture to law. Often considered a distinctive domain with strange rules and stranger language, law is actually part o...
Changing Aspects of Contemporary Muslim Life
Having worked for several decades in North Africa, anthropologist Lawrence Rosen is uniquely placed to ask what factors contribute to the continuity a...
Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law
"I have studied Rosen's book in detail and am impressed with its scope and content. I strongly recommend it to anybody interested in the current contr...
Entangled Lives in Morocco
"Drawn from Memory" is an important contribution to Moroccan studies, to the field of anthropology, and to academic approaches to biography. Rosen wea...
Cultural Assumptions in American Law
Legal systems do not operate in isolation but in complex cultural contexts. This original and thought-provoking volume considers how cultural assumpti...
Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society
Using data ranging from the courts of North Africa to the treatment of Islam in American courts, these essays demonstrate the appeal of Islamic law in...
The Construction of Social Relations in a Muslim Community
"Drawing on the philosophy of speech acts as well as interpretive theory, Rosen shows how, for the people of this Muslim community, reality consists o...
Case-Studies in American Political Culture
This book takes a case study approach to explore the crisis of legitimacy in American political culture. The question of legitimacy resides at the hea...
Law as Culture in Islamic Society
Law has often been seen as a relatively autonomous domain, one in which a professional elite sharply control the impact of broader social relations an...
Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture
In the West, we tend to think of Islamic law as an arcane and rigid legal system, bound by formulaic texts yet suffused by unfettered discretion. Whil...
Studies in the Anthropology of Muslim Cultures
Exploring political, economic, and social encounters within and with the Muslim world across the eras, Lawrence Rosen develops a vibrant, nuanced port...
Understanding Community in the Eyes of the Law
"Viewed through the lens of cultural theory, the concept of community that is vital to Americans' self-image is explored in a number of social and leg...
Encounters with Arab Political and Cultural Life
In Varieties of Muslim Experience, anthropologist Lawrence Rosen explores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Western...
One out of five people in the world today lives subject to Islamic law, but stereotypes of rigid doctrine or harsh punishment obscure an understanding...
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A Guide to Understanding and Entering the Securities Business
This book is indispensable to people who wish to take FINRA or NASD examinations. I is also extremely useful to bankers, brokers, registered securitie...
CT Scanner, Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance