Law and Society Reconsidered

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1460-7
Verlag: Jai Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 489 g

This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of interdisciplinary research. It contains articles by scholars from political science, sociology, and law. These articles examine the legal treatment of "suspect" populations, the work of legal actors, and the works of various legal devices. Taken together the work published in this volume exemplifies the kind exciting and innovative work now being done by legal scholars from different disciplines.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarat, Austin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Embracing Eclecticism
Patricia Ewick

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love Methodology
Michael McCann

Precedents of Injustice: Thinking about History in Law and Society Scholarship
Eve Darian-Smith

Deconstructing Law and Society: A Sociolegal Aesthetics
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller

Would You Like Theory With That? Bridging the Divide Between Policy-Oriented Empirical Legal Research, Critical Theory and Politics
Rosemary Hunter

International Law and Sociolegal Scholarship
Sally Engle Merry

Policing and the Politics of Public and Private in Post Katrina New Orleans
Adelaide Villmoare

Remorse and Psychopathy at the Penalty Phase of the Capital Trial-How Psychiatrys View of Moral Insanity Helps Build the Case for Death
Richard Weisman