Legal anthropology

Legal anthropology is all about studying how different cultures and societies make rules and laws to govern people's behavior. Just like your family might have rules about what you can and cannot do at home, different countries and communities also have rules about what people are allowed to do and what they're not allowed to do.

Legal anthropologists try to understand these rules and how they work by watching and listening to the people who follow them. Sometimes they even study the history and traditions of these laws to figure out why they were put into place in the first place.

By understanding how laws and rules are made and enforced, legal anthropologists can help people in different cultures better understand and respect each other's beliefs and ways of living.