Awards

• Winner of Book Prize, Canadian Law Society Association 2006 (Canada)

Overview

Comparative law and legal anthropology have traditionally restrictedthemselves to their own fields of inquiry. Mapping Marriage Law inSpanish Gitano Communities turns this tendency on its head andinvestigates what happens when the voices of each discipline areinvited to speak to each other. Susan Drummond forges this hybrid formof comparative work through small- and large-scale studies of Gitanomarriage law as it emerges in a Western European state, in a modernurban centre, and in particular communities and families. Drummond’s mapping of Gitano marriage law is grounded inethnographic fieldwork in Andalucia. The study draws initially from thetradition of comparative law to focus on the emergence of Spanish statefamily law in a predominantly national and international context.Drummond then adopts the role of legal anthropologist to examine aparticular legal culture that exists within, and also beyond, theSpanish state: that of the Gitanos and the transnational Roma.Ultimately, she brings the international, national, and culturaldimensions of law into play with one another and contemplates how allof these influences bear on the spirit of Andalusian Gitano marriagelaw. The result is an ethos of marriage law in a thoroughly mixed legaljurisdiction. Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities willappeal to scholars and students in comparative law and legalanthropology, as well as readers interested in Roma studies in general,and the Gitanos in particular.

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Author:   Susan G. Drummond
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780774809269

ISBN 10:   0774809264
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface   Introduction: Le Guide du Routard   Synoptic Overview Itinerary Approach Preparations Souvenir   Chapter 1 State: Intersections in Spanish FamilyLaw The Persistence of ""Otherness"" Religion’s Domain Shifting Contexts for Legal Reform Shifting Esprit des Lois Women and the Spirit of Family Law Weak and Deep Pluralism of the Official Family New Forms of SpanishPluralism The Contemporary Jurisdiction of Religion in the Official Family Conflicting Dominions in Family Law The Mystification of Reform through Law Liminal Tones, Characters, and Moods   Chapter 2 Culture: Wanderings and Dwellings Deep Pluralism and the Gypsies A Jurisdictional Model of the Gypsies for a Jurisdictional Model ofGypsy Law Matter out of Place Reconceptualizing Gypsyhood The Great Gitano Roundup: Rounding Off the State through Law The Production of Gitanitude Flamenco Puro and Pure Gitanitude   Chapter 3 Marriage: Hidden and Enacted IusCommune Hidden Constitutions Multi-Sited Comparative Law The Plurality of Ius Commune Hidden Marriages Hidden Marriages within Hidden Marriages The Place of Gitano Family Law in Andalucia, Spain, and Europe   Conclusion: Voyage Through a Strange City The Place of Jerez de la Frontera A Wandering and a Dwelling Law Notes Index"

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Susan G. Drummond is an associate professor at OsgoodeHall Law School at York University.

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