The legal life of anthropological theory: Limits to the ideal of being useful
Published online on September 15, 2025
Abstract
Critique of Anthropology, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 182-198, June 2026.
This article critically examines the impact of anthropological theory on land relations and chieftainship in the Marshall Islands. Anthropologists steeped in lineage theory developed models of a feudal system centred on land as private property that ...
This article critically examines the impact of anthropological theory on land relations and chieftainship in the Marshall Islands. Anthropologists steeped in lineage theory developed models of a feudal system centred on land as private property that ...