1 Rules of Law and Laws of Ruling: Law and Governance between Past and Future&Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Julia Eckert 1
2 Reflections on the Anthropology of Law, Governance and Sovereignty&John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff 31
3 Private Military Companies and State Sovereignty: Regulating Transnational Flows of Violence and Capital&Diana Sidakis 61
4 Laws of Suspicion: Legal Status, Space and the Impossibility of Separation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank&Tobias Kelly 83
5 Ritual and Rule in the Periphery: State Violence and Local Governance in a Peruvian Comunidad&Monique Nuijten and David Lorenzo 101
6 Government, Business and Chiefs: Ambiguities of Social Justice through Land Restitution in South Africa&Anne Hellum and Bill Derman 125
7 Re-scaling Governance for Better Resource Management?&Melanie G. Wiber and Arthur Bull 151
8 The Governance of Children: From Welfare Justice to Proactive Regulation in the Scottish Children’s Hearings System&Anne Griffths and Randy F. Kandel 171
9 Migration and Integration of Third-country Nationals in Europe: The Need for the Development of an Efficient, Effective and Legitimate System of Governance&Marie-Claire Foblets 191
10 From the Revenue Rule to Soft Law and Back Again: The Consequences for ‘Society’ of the Social Governance of International Tax Competition&Bill Maurer 217
11 The Law of the Project: Government and ‘Good Governance’ at the World Bank in Indonesia&Tania Murray Li 237
12 Corruption as Governance? Law, Transparency and Appointment Procedures in Italian Universities&David Nelken 257
Index 279