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Acknowledgments.. Introduction.. 1. Evolving an Ethnography of Law: A Personal Document.. 2. Lawyers and Anthropologists.. 3. Hegemonic Processes in Law: Colonial to Contemporary.. 4. The Plaintiff: A User Theory.. Epilogue.. Bibliography.. Index

Taking into account the vast changes wrought in both anthropology and the law by globalization, Nader speaks to the increasing dominance of large business corporations and the prominence of neoliberal ideology and practice today. In her discussion of these trends, she considers the rise of the alternative dispute resolution movement, which since the 1960s has been part of a major overhaul of the U.S. judicial system. Nader links the increasing popularity of this movement with the erosion of the plaintiff's power and suggests that mediation as an approach to conflict resolution is structured to favor powerful--often corporate--interests. Inglés