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Preferred term
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology
Definition
- The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is a division of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) dedicated to studying and promoting anthropological approaches to law, political systems, and governmental authority. As anthropological subdisciplines, legal and political anthropology have promoted ethnographic research and theoretical contributions to understanding law's relationship to culture and power. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Association for Political and Legal Anthropology]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Association_for_Political_and_Legal_Anthropology
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