Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index.
Contents:
Tradition and ritual in the changing exercise of state power. An ethnographic perspective -- Three case histories -- The normative and governmental context of court-like institutions -- Negotiation and mediation in the spectrum of dispute processes -- The procedural environment of the court -- The Mayor's and City of London Court -- Court sponsorship of settlement -- The mediation scheme -- Tradition and ritual in the changing exercise of state power.
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