TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sax,William Sturman
AU  - Basu,Helene
TI  - The law of possession: ritual, healing, and the secular state 
SN  - 9780190275747
AV  - GN 492.3 L38 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - POLITICAL CUSTOMS AND RITES
KW  - SPIRIT POSSESSION
KW  - JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Introduction /|rWilliam S. Sax and Helene Basu --
       2.In the courtroom of jungle saints: the poor and 
       transcendental justice / Helene Basu --3.Between 
       shrine and courtroom : legal pluralism, witchcraft, and 
       spirit agency in southeastern Africa /|rArne S. Steinforth
       --4.Delocalizing illness: healing and the state in 
       Chinese medicine / Dominic Steavu --5.Justice in 
       Erwadi: a case study / Bhargavi Davar --6.Possession 
       and the antisuperstition law in Maharashtra: an actors' 
       perspective on modernization and disenchantment /
       |rJohannes Quack --7."If your brother wants to kill 
       you, kill him first": healing, law, and social justice in 
       an African healer's courtroom / Ferdinand Okwaro --8.
       The Darbar of Goludev : possession, petitions, and 
       modernity / Aditya Malik --9.Gods of justice /
       William S. Sax.
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