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DESCRIPTION:The Law in World Affairs program at the Moynihan Institute of G
 lobal Affairs presents a virtual talk with&nbsp\;Fernanda Pirie\, professo
 r of the anthropology of law at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies of the 
 University of Oxford\, England.This seminar presents an overview of the va
 rious legal systems that have existed across the globe over the past four 
 thousand years. It outlines key insights into major legal systems—includin
 g those of Mesopotamia\, Israel\, China\, India\, Rome and the Islamic wor
 ld—alongside examples of diverse laws created in local contexts such as Ar
 menia\, Iceland\, North Africa and medieval Europe.Pirie addresses the met
 hodological questions raised by this project\, including how to define wha
 t counts as “law” for such an exercise. Pirie discusses how and why schola
 rs can attempt comparisons among these distinct traditions\, the benefits 
 of this approach for legal scholars and comparatists\, and the specific qu
 estions such comparisons can address.To conclude\, Pirie shares key conclu
 sions from her recent book\, The Rule of Laws\, highlighting the advantage
 s of studying law comparatively through the lens of form rather than funct
 ion. She argues for the importance of law's symbolic effects alongside its
  role as a tool of government and social control. Illustrating the paradox
  of law as both an instrument of power and a means of resisting oppression
 \, Pirie describes the long history of ideas surrounding the rule of law a
 nd its relevance to contemporary debates on the role of law in modern soci
 eties.This event is co-sponsored by the Law\, Society and Policy program.F
 ernanda Pirie is professor of the anthropology of law at the Centre for So
 cio-Legal Studies of the University of Oxford. She brings anthropological 
 and comparative methods to the study of law in society. Alongside monograp
 hs on The Anthropology of Law (OUP\, 2013) and The Rule of Laws: a 4\,000-
 year quest to order the world (Profile Books\, Basic Books\, 2021)\, she h
 as studied laws in both contemporary and historic Tibet. She is currently 
 engaged in a project to translate and analyse the legal texts of the Dalai
  Lamas’ government in seventeenth-century Tibet.
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SUMMARY:Fernanda Pirie | LIWA | The Rule of Laws
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Law in World Affairs program at the Moynih
 an Institute of Global Affairs presents a virtual talk with&nbsp\;<p>Ferna
 nda Pirie\, professor of the anthropology of law at the Centre for Socio-L
 egal Studies of the University of Oxford\, England.</p><p data-path-to-nod
 e="0">This seminar presents an overview of the various legal systems that 
 have existed across the globe over the past four thousand years. It outlin
 es key insights into major legal systems—including those of Mesopotamia\, 
 Israel\, China\, India\, Rome and the Islamic world—alongside examples of 
 diverse laws created in local contexts such as Armenia\, Iceland\, North A
 frica and medieval Europe.</p><p data-path-to-node="1">Pirie addresses the
  methodological questions raised by this project\, including how to define
  what counts as “law” for such an exercise. Pirie discusses how and why sc
 holars can attempt comparisons among these distinct traditions\, the benef
 its of this approach for legal scholars and comparatists\, and the specifi
 c questions such comparisons can address.</p><p data-path-to-node="2">To c
 onclude\, Pirie shares key conclusions from her recent book\, <em data-ind
 ex-in-node="64" data-path-to-node="2">The Rule of Laws</em>\, highlighting
  the advantages of studying law comparatively through the lens of form rat
 her than function. She argues for the importance of law's symbolic effects
  alongside its role as a tool of government and social control. Illustrati
 ng the paradox of law as both an instrument of power and a means of resist
 ing oppression\, Pirie describes the long history of ideas surrounding the
  rule of law and its relevance to contemporary debates on the role of law 
 in modern societies.</p><p data-path-to-node="2">This event is co-sponsore
 d by the Law\, Society and Policy program.</p><p><strong>Fernanda Pirie</s
 trong> is professor of the anthropology of law at the Centre for Socio-Leg
 al Studies of the University of Oxford. She brings anthropological and com
 parative methods to the study of law in society. Alongside monographs on <
 em>The Anthropology of Law</em> (OUP\, 2013) and <em>The Rule of Laws: a 4
 \,000-year quest to order the world</em> (Profile Books\, Basic Books\, 20
 21)\, she has studied laws in both contemporary and historic Tibet. She is
  currently engaged in a project to translate and analyse the legal texts o
 f the Dalai Lamas’ government in seventeenth-century Tibet.</p>
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