240034 VS Anthropology of Law, Conflict, and Resistance (3.3.2) (2021W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used for courses with continuous assessment.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 01.09.2021 00:01 to We 22.09.2021 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 18.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Update 12.01.2022: Due to the current situation the course will be held digital until the end of the semester.
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Update 13.12.2021: The course will be held digital until December 17.
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Update 22.11.2021: The course will be held digital during lockdown.
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If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
- Wednesday 06.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 13.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 20.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 27.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 03.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 10.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 17.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 24.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 01.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 15.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 12.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 19.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 26.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The course requires students to follow weekly readings and contribute to the class. Students will make one group presentation and write reflection papers throughout the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Response papers (50%)
Group presentation (20%)
Participation in group discussions (30%)91-100 points: 1 (excellent)?
81-90 points: 2 (good)?
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)?
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)In order to complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.
Group presentation (20%)
Participation in group discussions (30%)91-100 points: 1 (excellent)?
81-90 points: 2 (good)?
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)?
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)In order to complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.
Examination topics
The course does not require an exam. The grades will be given on the basis of attendance, participation, a group presentation, and reflection papers.
Reading list
Benjamin, Walter. 1978 [1921]. Critique of Violence. In Reflections, essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings. New York: Schocken Books.
Comaroff Jean, and John Comaroff. 2009. Reflections on the anthropology of law, governance, and sovereignity. In Rules of law and laws of ruling: on the governance of law. Pp. 31-59. Farnham: Ashgate.
Eckert Julia, Zerrin Özlem Biner, Brian Donahoe, and Christian Stru?mpell 2012, eds. 2012. Introduction: law’s travels and transformations. In Law against the state: ethnographic forays into
law’s transformations. Pp. 1-23. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lazarus-Black, Mindie, and Susan Hirsch, eds. Contested states: law, hegemony, and resistance. New York: Routledge.
Seng, Yvonne. 1994. Standing at the gates of justice: women in the law courts of early sixteenth century Üsku?dar, ?stanbul. In Contested states: law, hegemony, and resistance. Pp. 184-206. New
York: Routledge.
Von Benda-Beckmann, Franz, Keebet Von Benda-Beckmann, and Julia Eckert, eds. 2009. Rules of law and laws of ruling: law and governance between past and future. In Rules of law and laws of
ruling: on the governance of law. Farnham: Ashgate.
Comaroff Jean, and John Comaroff. 2009. Reflections on the anthropology of law, governance, and sovereignity. In Rules of law and laws of ruling: on the governance of law. Pp. 31-59. Farnham: Ashgate.
Eckert Julia, Zerrin Özlem Biner, Brian Donahoe, and Christian Stru?mpell 2012, eds. 2012. Introduction: law’s travels and transformations. In Law against the state: ethnographic forays into
law’s transformations. Pp. 1-23. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lazarus-Black, Mindie, and Susan Hirsch, eds. Contested states: law, hegemony, and resistance. New York: Routledge.
Seng, Yvonne. 1994. Standing at the gates of justice: women in the law courts of early sixteenth century Üsku?dar, ?stanbul. In Contested states: law, hegemony, and resistance. Pp. 184-206. New
York: Routledge.
Von Benda-Beckmann, Franz, Keebet Von Benda-Beckmann, and Julia Eckert, eds. 2009. Rules of law and laws of ruling: law and governance between past and future. In Rules of law and laws of
ruling: on the governance of law. Farnham: Ashgate.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:20
the language of the law. The course will discuss the double-edge character of laws, instruments of law-making, actors that are involved, and conflicting interpretations and implementations of law.
Anthropologists’ accounts on ethnographic case studies and historical cases will be discussed that demonstrate the utilization of laws and legal instruments of juridical resistance in court cases as well as in a variety of different sites of oppositional practices.