define legal pluralism
This article is about the concept of legal pluralism. For other uses of the term, see Pluralism (disambiguation). Legal pluralism is the existence of multiple legal systems within one (human) population and/or geographic area. Plural legal systems are particularly prevalent in former colonies, where the law of a former colonial authority may exist alongside more traditional legal systems (cf. customary law). 1 History.
(December 2013). Legal anthropology, also known as the anthropology of laws, is a sub-discipline of anthropology which specializes in the cross-cultural study of social ordering.egal anthropology remains a lively discipline with modern and recent applications including issues such as human rights, legal pluralism, Islamophobia and political uprisings.