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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812967603321

Titolo

Studies in law, politics, and society . Vol. 57 / / edited by Austin Sarat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2012

ISBN

1-280-12057-6

9786613524430

1-78052-623-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Studies in law, politics and society, , 1059-4337

Altri autori (Persone)

SaratAustin

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Law - General

Law - Indigenous Peoples

Law & society

Legal system: general

Sociological jurisprudence

Political sociology

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

It's not about race, it's about rights / Ann Sullivan, Valmaine Toki -- Legislative abolition of the death penalty : a qualitative analysis / Kevin H. Wozniak -- The most restrictive alternative : a litigation history of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, 1960-2006 / Keramet Ann Reiter -- Return of the wrongly convicted : the test for post-conviction executive references in Australia / David Caruso -- Measuring legal formalism : reading hard cases with soft frames / Michal Alberstein -- On law's promise : thinking about how we think about law's limits / Nicky Priaulx.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society contains an international and interdisciplinary array of legal scholarship. Presenting diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, this work illuminates the laws response to its social context as well as the way law shapes that context. It shows how legal scholars contribute to public debate about contemporary issues as well as how they articulate the nature of rights and the limits of law.