Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Preface / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter One Introduction / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter Two The Setting / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter Three Theory Talk / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter Four Law in Interpretive Terms / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter Five Back to Micronesia / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter Six An Autonomous Law / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Chapter Seven Conclusion / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Bibliography / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Index / Brian Z. Tamanaha.

This book examines law in Micronesia from a novel perspective. It draws upon several branches of interpretive analysis, including mundane phenomenology, symbolic interaction, and cultural hermeneutics, to construct a comprehensive approach to transplanted systems of state law. Rather than the usual focus on legal norms and institutions, this approach directs attention to the law-related meaningful actions and understandings of legal actors and of non-legal actors. Application of this approach results in insights about law in Micronesia, as well as about law itself, and about the ideology of law. A wide range of subjects are addressed, from the nature of legal thinking to the autonomy of law. It is a work in legal theory grounded in psychological, sociological and anthropological observations and analysis.

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