Moving beyond and towards Liberal Legalism: Legal Anthropology and the Liberal Rule of Law

Liberal legalism is under attack from authoritarian movements worldwide. Legal anthropology must respond by studying both: alternative legal orders and how liberal law itself is being transformed and weaponised.

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Ethnoscripts
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2025-12-02
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https://doi.org/10.15460/ethnoscripts.2025.27.1.2456
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Law in Society and Culture
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Moving beyond and towards Liberal Legalism: Legal Anthropology and the Liberal Rule of Law

Jonas Bens, Larissa Vetters
Ethnoscripts
Law in Society and Culture
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Moving beyond and towards Liberal Legalism: Legal Anthropology and the Liberal Rule of Law

Jonas Bens, Larissa Vetters
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Abstract

Liberal legalism is under attack from authoritarian movements worldwide. Legal anthropology must respond by studying both: alternative legal orders and how liberal law itself is being transformed and weaponised.

EthnoscriptsVol. 27(1)
Universität Hamburg (DE), Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (DE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 46%
Law in Society and Culture
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