In the United States and throughout the Global North, people generally take for granted that law means state courts and legal institutions. Sure, people may opt out of certain government regulations, ...

Two new volumes have been published in the open access series of EViR Working Papers, both of which discuss relevant concepts in the interdisciplinary research field of legal pluralism. The “Münster ...

Legal pluralism refers to the coexistence of diverse legal systems within a single social or political space, encompassing state law, customary norms, religious ordinances and transnational regimes.

In spheres of legal pluralism, there are always overlapping normative framings to be negotiated in order to fulfil expectations. So, how do people decide according to which framing they should act?

In Jose Paulo Coutinho v. Maria Luiza Valentina Pereira (2019) , the Supreme Court has yet again revived the debate on a uniform civil code (UCC) and referred to Goa as “a shining example of an Indian ...

Erin Stiles, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist. Her research focuses on the intersections of religion, law and gender and she conducts fieldwork in Africa (Zanzibar, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana) ...