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PROPERTY AS LEGAL KNOWLEDGE: MEANS AND ENDS

THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, Issue 4 2004
Annelise Riles
This article takes anthropologists' renewed interest in property theory as an opportunity to consider legal theory-making as an ethnographic subject in its own right. My focus is on one particular construct , the instrument, or relation of means to ends, that animates both legal and anthropological theories about property. An analysis of the workings of this construct leads to the conclusion that rather than critique the ends of legal knowledge, the anthropology of property should devote itself to articulating its own means. [source]

When legal counsel is uninformed

BOARD LEADERSHIP: POLICY GOVERNANCE IN ACTION, Issue 79 2005
Bill Charney
Boards often look to attorneys to guide their decisions about governance practice. For example, legal counsel is normally asked for help in revising bylaws, as they usually need to be revised with the adoption of Policy Governance. Legal knowledge, however, is not the same as governance knowledge. Bill Charney and Jim Hyatt's article "Legal Concerns with Policy Governance" (in Issue 78 of Board Leadership) addressed issues periodically seen as problematic by attorneys seeking to minimize legal risks for their clients. In this article, Charney and Hyatt explore misunderstandings that arise when an attorney lacks an understanding of Policy Governance and provide suggestions for effective board responses. [source]

Employment issues in the community college

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Issue 125 2004
Todd A. DeMitchell
Discrimination, affirmative action, and evaluation are legal issues that involve community college leadership. Prudent leaders must cultivate the required legal knowledge of these and other employment issues if they are to lead effectively. [source]

PROPERTY AS LEGAL KNOWLEDGE: MEANS AND ENDS

Evaluating the subtle impact of a ban on corporal punishment of children in Germany

CHILD ABUSE REVIEW, Issue 5 2004
Kai-D.
Abstract In 2000, the German Government passed a law prohibiting physical punishment in the family. A pre,post research design allows for an examination of its effects. The results of nationwide representative surveys on the experiences, perceptions, legal knowledge and attitudes of adolescents and parents are discussed. The recent surveys reveal a signi,cant decrease in the prevalence of corporal punishments and a high acceptance of the legal prohibition. In particular, awareness of the legal limits of parental physical sanctions has increased signi,cantly. For these reasons, the prohibition of corporal punishment can be said to have had an impact on the reduction of family violence against children in Germany. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Knowledge on Tap: Police Science and Common Knowledge in the Legal Regulation of Drunkenness

LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY, Issue 4 2001
Ron Levi
Although scholars have devoted considerable attention to the formation, modification, and dissemination of knowledges in and around the legal complex, few systematic inquiries have been made into the sociology of legal knowledges. In this paper, we focus on two areas of law,liquor licensing and drunk driving,and contextualize their development from the perspective of police science. We document the ways in which contemporary police science authorizes a "common knowledge," which is not to be confused with lay knowledge, or even trade knowledge. Rather, the "common knowledge" that is authorized is what legal authorities believe everyone should know, despite any lay or trade knowledge individuals may have. This analysis demonstrates the need for further work on the ways in which knowledges are formed and authorized within law, with particular emphasis on documenting how a "responsibility to know" comes to be deployed beyond the state. [source]