The rites of domination: Practice, process, and structure in lower courts

American Ethnologist

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 628-651

  Lazarus Black, Mindie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Class; Gender; Legal processes; Structures of domination and resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031479092     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1997.24.3.628     Document Type: Article

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