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Record Nr.

UNINA9910671333103321

Titolo

Studies in law, politics, and society . Vol. 40 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : JAI Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-96249-6

9786610962495

1-84950-423-7

0-08-047152-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Studies in law, politics, and society ; ; 40

Altri autori (Persone)

SaratAustin

Disciplina

340.115

Soggetti

Law - Political aspects

Sociological jurisprudence

Political sociology

Law & society

Sociology & anthropology

Political Science - General

Social Science - Criminology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Board; Chapter 1. ''Your Client has a Profile:'' Race and National Security in Canada after 9/11; Chapter 2. Law's Enemies: Enemy Concepts in U.S. Supreme Court Decisions; Chapter 3. Move(ments) Beyond Rights: Welfare Rights in an Era of Personal Responsibility; Chapter 4. The Electoral Capture of Gay and Lesbian Americans: Evidence and Implications from the 2004 Election; Chapter 5. Can Prosecutors be Social Workers?

Chapter 6. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Dead Souls, Phantom Clients and the Modern Class Action

Sommario/riassunto

"Studies in Law, Politics and Society" continues the tradition of annually publishing interdisciplinary research on law with a critical focus that was begun in Research in Law and Sociology and carried forward in



Research in Law, Deviance and Social Control. The new title describes an expanded focus and a broader audience of legal scholars who study: the intersection of legal thought and consciousness and the development of legal practices and institutions; and the development of legal thought and practices. The research spans a wide range of law related subjects including law and inequality, feminist jurisprudence, racial oppression and law, legal institutions and communities, and the ways law is used by political authorities or by ordinary citizens. Legal scholarship produced from an historical, comparative or ethnographic perspective is of special interest. This book series is available electronically online.