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Legal Pluralism: An Introduction to Colonial and Neo-Colonial Laws

Legal Pluralism: An Introduction to Colonial and Neo-Colonial Laws

By M. B. Hooker

Oxford University Press, 1976, 601 pp.
The Politics of Cultural Pluralism

The Politics of Cultural Pluralism

By M. Crawford Young

University of Wisconsin Press, 1976, 560 pp.

Ethnic cleavages within less-developed countries have drawn increasing attention to the relationships among cultural pluralism, political stability and economic growth. Mr. Hooker analyzes the interplay of indigenous and imported legal patterns; Professor Young concentrates on the anthropological and sociological bases of pluralistic regimes and on the sources of communal conflict.