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Overview

Brian Z. Tamanaha is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a significant focus on law and related subfields. The main areas of study for this researcher include law, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, soil science, and anthropology.

The research topics covered by Brian Z. Tamanaha encompass judicial and constitutional studies, law in society and culture, legal education and practice innovations, land rights and reforms, international law and aviation, multicultural socio-legal studies, and evolving legal systems and governance.

Their recent papers reflect a focus on legal pluralism and jurisprudence. Selected works include:

  • "Legal pluralism across the global South: colonial origins and contemporary consequences," 2021, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
  • "Reformulación pragmática de la filosofía del Derecho. Características de una teoría realista del Derecho," 2020, EUNOMÍA Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad
  • "Scientific versus folk legal pluralism," 2021, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
  • "Functions of the Rule of Law," 2021, Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • "Pragmatic Reconstruction in Jurisprudence: Features of a Realistic Legal Theory," 2021, Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence

Brian Z. Tamanaha has also contributed to book publications, particularly with Cambridge University Press. Notable titles include:

  • "The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law," 2021
  • "Sociological Approaches to Theories of Law," 2022

Their frequent co-authors include Jens Meierhenrich, Adriaan Lanni, Luc Heuschling, Lawrence Rosen, and Lauren Benton.

The common venues for publication include:

  • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • EUNOMÍA Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad
  • Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence
  • Global Constitutionalism

Best Publications

  • On the Rule of Law: History, Politics, Theory

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • On the Rule of Law

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  • A general jurisprudence of law and society

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Folly of the 'Social Scientific' Concept of Legal Pluralism

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Law as a means to an end : threat to the rule of law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Realistic Socio-Legal Theory: Pragmatism and A Social Theory of Law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Understanding Legal Pluralism: Past to Present, Local to global†

    Brian Z Tamanaha

  • Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Lessons of Law-and-Development Studies

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Primacy of Society and the Failures of Law and Development

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Understanding Legal Realism

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The history and elements of the rule of law

    Brian Z Tamanaha

  • Failing Law Schools

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • A Realistic Theory of Law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Transnational Corporations

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  • An Analytical Map of Social Scientific Approaches to the Concept of Law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Legal Pluralism and Development: Scholars And Practitioners In Dialogue

    Brian Z. Tamanaha;Caroline Mary Sage;Michael J. V. Woolcock

  • The internal/external distinction and the notion of a practice in legal theory and sociolegal studies

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Legal Pluralism Explained

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  • The New Legal Realism

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  • A Concise Guide to the rule of law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Pragmatism in U.S. Legal Theory: Its Application to Normative Jurisprudence, Sociolegal Studies, and the Fact-Value Distinction

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • Legal Pluralism Explained: History, Theory, Consequences

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Primacy of Society and the Failure of Law and Development

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Dark Side of the Relationship between the Rule of Law and Liberalism

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Tension Between Legal Instrumentalism And The Rule of Law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • The Contemporary Relevance of Legal Positivism

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

  • What Is International Law

    Brian Z. Tamanaha

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher McCrudden
Christopher McCrudden Queen's University Belfast

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