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    Special Series: Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism

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    Introduction: Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism

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    Climate Reparations: An Internationalist Approach for the Twenty-First Century

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    Current PoLAR Issue May 2020

  • Forum

    Festschrift for Carol Greenhouse

  • Forum

    so, what are we going to do about it?

  • Forum

    The Cultural Logic of Legal Collaboration: Enduring Lessons from Hopewell

  • Forum

    “To See Society’s Heart in Its Mind”: Looking For Justice With Carol Greenhouse

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    News from Within: Carol Greenhouse’s Subversive Vision

  • Forum

    “Another Sense of the Project”

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    Twenty-First Century Drug Policy Reform: Marijuana Legalization and the Constitutive Contradictions of Neoliberalism

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    States of Uncertainty: The Origins of Law and Community in Three American Towns

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    “The Cultural Prerequisites of Law”: Engaging with the Work of Carol Greenhouse over Time

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  • Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part III
    Emergent Conversations, Forum

    Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part III

    Emergent Conversations: Part 8 A Discussion with Catherine Besteman, Karina Biondi, and Orisanmi Burton Part III This summer, APLA President…

  • Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part II
    Emergent Conversations, Forum

    Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part II

    Emergent Conversations: Part 8 A Discussion with Catherine Besteman, Karina Biondi, and Orisanmi Burton Part II This summer, APLA President…

  • Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent
    Emergent Conversations, Forum, Interviews

    Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent

    Emergent Conversations: Part 8 A Discussion with Catherine Besteman, Karina Biondi, and Orisanmi Burton Part I This summer, APLA President…

  • Understanding Australia’s Offshore Detention Regime
    Emergent Conversations

    Understanding Australia’s Offshore Detention Regime

    Emergent Conversations: Part 7 PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s seventh emergent conversation brings together different perspectives on the topic of…

  • The Future of Anthropology of Law
    Emergent Conversations

    The Future of Anthropology of Law

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

  • Reflections on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
    Emergent Conversations

    Reflections on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

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

  • Perspectives on the Academic Boycott Vote
    Emergent Conversations

    Perspectives on the Academic Boycott Vote

    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…

  • Being Like a State
    Emergent Conversations

    Being Like a State

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

Book Reviews
Reckoning with Police Violence

Reckoning with Police Violence

The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence, by Laurence Ralph (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020). Reviewed by James Perez,…

  • On Mexican Transnational Families
    On Mexican Transnational Families
  • Contraband Corridor
    Contraband Corridor
  • Planning for War in Beirut
    Planning for War in Beirut
  • The Blood and Guts in Modern Institutions
    The Blood and Guts in Modern Institutions
  • Killing your Neighbors
    Killing your Neighbors
Virtual Editions
Virtual Edition on Digital Politics

Virtual Edition on Digital Politics

This virtual edition focuses on digital politics. Curated by PoLAR Digital Editorial Fellow Mei-chun Lee, the virtual edition begins with…

  • Virtual Edition on Environmental Justice
    Virtual Edition on Environmental Justice
  • Virtual Edition on Immigration
    Virtual Edition on Immigration
  • Virtual Edition on Human Rights and Anthropology
    Virtual Edition on Human Rights and Anthropology
  • Virtual Edition on the Promise and Pathos of Law
    Virtual Edition on the Promise and Pathos of Law
  • Virtual Edition on Law and Inequalities
    Virtual Edition on Law and Inequalities
Issues
Current PoLAR Issue May 2020

Current PoLAR Issue May 2020

Volume 43, Issue 1 Editors’ Introduction: May 2020 In this editorial we take a step back to think about an…

  • November 2019
    November 2019
  • May 2019
    May 2019
  • November 2018
    November 2018
  • September 2018
    September 2018
  • May 2018
    May 2018
Forum
Festschrift for Carol Greenhouse

Festschrift for Carol Greenhouse

Book after book, article after article, Carol Greenhouse has transformed what anthropologists study and developed contextually grounded techniques for understanding…

  • so, what are we going to do about it?
  • The Cultural Logic of Legal Collaboration: Enduring Lessons from Hopewell
  • “To See Society’s Heart in Its Mind”: Looking For Justice With Carol Greenhouse
  • News from Within: Carol Greenhouse’s Subversive Vision
  • “Another Sense of the Project”
Teaching Tools
  • The Role of Anthropology in Public Debates on Climate Transformations
    Video

    The Role of Anthropology in Public Debates on Climate Transformations

  • Brenneis on Translating Value and Emergent Academic Futures
    Video

    Brenneis on Translating Value and Emergent Academic Futures

  • Darian-Smith on Transnational Law in Context
    Video

    Darian-Smith on Transnational Law in Context

  • Merry on Firming Up Soft Power
    Video

    Merry on Firming Up Soft Power

  • Fassin on Humanitarian Reason
    Video

    Fassin on Humanitarian Reason

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