ANTH 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Law Abiding Citizen
24 Dec 2020
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Lectures 15-16 (october 12, 2020 - october 14, 2020) The law as seen through an anthropological lens legal domains vs. norms that regulate everyday life. The role of legal institutions as places in which disputes are solved; also offers the potential for sanctions if rules are not followed (institutions; sanctions) Three approaches to the study of law (moore, 2001) Three contemporary approaches to the law (goodale, 2017) (1) law as culture (2) law as domination (3) law as problem-solver (1) law and meaning (2) law and agency/regulation (3) law and identity. Asserts that there is a shift from threat of violence to self-rule. Involves being a law abiding citizen and maintaining responsibility over our own wellbeing. Two routes (1) plane journey (2) boat journey. Both are tied to the ability to acquire legal passage or not. Being undocumented: a process by which migrants are stripped of the markers of personhood. Paperwork is part of the grammar of the nation-state.
