After more than half a century of law and society scholarship, two recent volumes propose to survey advance the field. Edited by Mariana Valverde, Kamari Clarke, Even Darian-Smith, Prabha Kotiswaran, The Routledge Handbook Law Society (2021) draws on an international list contributors refocus scholarship fresh topics themes. Research Modern Legal Realism (2021), edited Shauhin Talesh, Elizabeth...

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BACKGROUND The practice of sacrifice has occurred in several cultures and religions throughout history and still exists today. Candomblé, a syncretical Afro-Brazilian religion, practices the sacrificial ritual called "Orô" by its adherents. The present work aims to document the use of animal species in these sacrificial practices in the cities of Caruaru (PE) and Campina Grande (PB) in Norteast...

The article is devoted to the description and analysis of some iconographic elements inherent in Buddhist cult sculpture, which made communication between a person deity possible. set being analyzed this article, distinguished by its diversity, limited attributes that deities hold their hands, as well crowns crowning heads deities, since they occupy particularly important place structure iconog...

Cognitive and evolutionary research has focused on the powerful deities of large-scale societies, yet little work examined smaller gods animist traditions. In a study water spirit Sikameinan Mentawai people (Siberut Island, Indonesia), we address three questions: (1) Are believed to enforce cooperation, especially compared bigger in larger-scale societies? (2) Do beliefs these encourage engage ...

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