Starr, June (O.)

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STARR, June (O.)

STARR, June (O.). American, b. 1934. Genres: Law, Anthropology/ Ethnology. Career: State University of New York at Stony Brook, assistant professor, 1970-75, associate professor of anthropology, c. 1975-93, professor, 1994; Indiana University, School of Law, associate professor of law, 1994-. Publications: Dispute and Settlement in Rural Turkey: An Ethnography of Law, 1978; Adliye: An Ethnography of a Rural Turkish Law Court (documentary film, with teacher's guide), 1985; (ed. with J. Collier, and contrib.) History and Power in the Study of Law: New Directions in Legal Anthropology, 1989; Law as Metaphor: From Islamic Courts to the Palace of Justice, 1992. Address: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A.