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Author:   Ian Harper (University of Edinburgh) ,  Tobias Kelly (University of Edinburgh) ,  Akshay Khanna (University of Sussex)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781107076242

ISBN 10:   1107076242
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Tobias Kelly, Ian Harper and Akshay Khanna; 2. Keeping magical harm invisible: public health, witchcraft and the law in Kyela, Tanzania Rebecca Marsland; 3. Non-human suffering: a humanitarian project Miriam Ticktin; 4. The causes of torture: law, medicine and the assessment of suffering in British asylum claims Tobias Kelly; 5. Trespass, crime, and insanity: the social life of categories Lydie Fialová; 6. Local justice in the allocation of medical certificates during French asylum procedures: from protocols to face-to-face interactions Estelle d'Halluin; 7. Contentious roommates? Spatial constructions of the therapeutic-evidential spectrum in medico-legal work Gethin Rees; 8. The juridical hospital: claiming the right to pharmaceuticals in Brazilian courts João Biehl; 9. Courts and the control of TB: quarantine, travel and the question of adherence Ian Harper; 10. Dying to go to court: demanding a legal remedy to end of life uncertainty Naomi Richards; 11. Rehabilitation of paedophiles at the intersection of law and therapy John Borneman; 12. A republic of remedies: psychosocial interventions in post-conflict Guatemala Henrik Ronsbo.

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Ian Harper is a trained medical practitioner and social anthropologist, working at the University of Edinburgh. Tobias Kelly teaches social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, where his research interests include human rights, political and legal anthropology and modern British cultural history. Akshay Khanna is a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

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