SJSCA

The Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology is the journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association SAA. It publishes ethnographically and theoretically grounded contributions on current issues and debates in social anthropology. As a tri-lingual journal with articles in English, French, and German, it seeks to strengthen the dialogue between different theoretical strands and scholarly traditions. The journal’s wide thematic scope encourages conversations across the discipline and between the various subfields of social and cultural anthropology.

SJSCA 29 / 2023

SJSCA

The law of the outlaw: Law and order in, with, and beyond criminal groups

This special issue of the Swiss Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology on “The law of the outlaw: Law and order with, within, and beyond criminal groups” examines the relationship between the law and different types of criminal and criminalised groups. While anthropology has produced a large body of work on legal issues, little research has been done on the relationship between the law as a heuristic category and criminal groups such as gangs, mafias or triads. Most representations of these criminal groups tend to see them as outlaws, often in active opposition to the established order. This special issue brings together contributions from two different academic traditions, the Francophone and Anglophone, which reflect on the relationship between the law and criminal groups in a different way. The bilingual introduction to the special issue reviews these two different legal anthropology traditions, before situating the way in which the law of the outlaw has been apprehended, and highlighting the potential contribution its study can make to the development of a pragmatic approach to law.

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