1. C. Geertz, Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology (London, Fontana Press, 1983), pp. 167–168.
2. Geertz (note 1), p. 169.
3. This objective does not imply that anthropology could not profit from this angle or from legal science in general. On the contrary, to be in-between implies cross-fertilization. However, this chapter is mainly addressed at lawyers and international lawyers. Therefore, I restrict my argument to the possible benefits for international law.
4. For an overview on literature on governance in various disciplines, see K. van Kersbergen, F. van Waarden, Shifts in Governance: Problems of Legitimacy and Accountability (The Hague, Social Science Research Council NWO, 2001).
5. J.N. Rosenau, E.-O. Czempiel, Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992), p. 4.