Informalism as a Form of Legal Ordering

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Harrington, Christine B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal law; Informalism; Judicial hierarchy; Law; Legal institutions; Legal ordering; Legal pluralism; Mediation; Negotiated rulemaking; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898613149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199208425.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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