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Lawrence Rosen

Lawrence Rosen teaches anthropology at Princeton and law at Columbia Law School. A Carnegie Scholar, he is the author of The Culture of Islam and Law as Culture: An Invitation.

Selected bibliography

  • Law as Culture: An Invitation (2006)
  • The Culture of Islam: Changing Aspects of Contemporary Muslim Life (2002)
  • The Justice of Islam: Comaparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society (2000)
  • The Anthropology of Justice: Law as Culture in Islamic Society (1989)
  • Bargaining for Reality: The Construction of Social Relations in a Muslim Community (1984)

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