TY - GEN N2 - Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. 'The Law of Possession' compares and analyses the internal logic of such practices, as well as their relation to the modern, secular state. DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275747 DO - doi AB - Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. Modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. 'The Law of Possession' compares and analyses the internal logic of such practices, as well as their relation to the modern, secular state. T1 - The law of possessionritual, healing, and the secular state / AU - Sax, William Sturman, AU - Basu, Helene, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - GN492.3 ID - 757278 KW - Political customs and rites. KW - Spirit possession. KW - Justice, Administration of. SN - 9780190275778 TI - The law of possessionritual, healing, and the secular state / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275747.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275747.001.0001 ER -