PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Review Essay: On Knowing Addiction

On Knowing Addiction In June 2018, artists placed a 700-pound sculpture of a massive spoon used for cooking heroin outside…

Review Essay: Law and Migrant Labor in the 20th Century: Ghost Workers and Global Capitalism

Large-scale movements of workers, production lines, commodities, and centers of power have been integral to capitalist development since its earliest…

Review Essay: On the State of the Shari’a

“What has all this Law to do with real life?,” asked the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (d. 1936) as…

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Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 7

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s seventh emergent conversation brings together different perspectives on the topic of offshore detention. Organized by…
Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 6

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s sixth emergent conversation focuses on the futures of legal anthropology, recognizing the plurality of approaches…
Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 5

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s fifth emergent conversation reflects on the recent U.S. presidential election, presenting a variety of perspectives…
Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 4

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s fourth emergent conversation features a variety of perspectives regarding the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) vote on a possible boycott…
Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 3

In 2015, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review introduced a new feature, Emergent Conversations. Although not yet in the journal, the concerns addressed…
Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 2

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review‘s second installment of the Emergent Conversations series is Reflecting on Silence and Anthropology, which summarizes an…
Emergent Conversations

Emergent Conversations: Part 1

In 2015, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review introduced a new feature, Emergent Conversations. For years, PoLAR has featured spillover conversations that capture discussions sparked by articles…