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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817518103321

Autore

Bellow Gary

Titolo

Law Stories [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-44452-2

9786612444524

0-472-02288-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Law, Meaning and Violence

Altri autori (Persone)

MinowMartha

Disciplina

340

Soggetti

Electronic books. -- local

Law -- United States -- Anecdotes

Lawyers -- United States -- Anecdotes

Practice of law -- United States -- Anecdotes

Practice of law - Anecdotes - United States

Lawyers - Anecdotes - United States

Law - Anecdotes - United States

Law, Politics & Government

Law, General & Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Rita's Case and Other Law Stories / Gary Bellow and Martha Minow; Welfare Stories / Anthony V. Alfieri; Maintaining the Status Quo: Institutional Obstacles in a Child Custody Dispute / Lenora M. Lapidus; "We Are All We've Got": Building a Retiree Movement in Youngstown, Ohio / Alice and Staughton Lynd; What's Wrong with These Pictures? The Story of the Hammer Museum Litigation / Nell Minow; Public Defender, Public Friend: Searching for the "Best Interests" of Juvenile Offenders / Charles Ogletree; On Representing a Victim of Crime / Abbe Smith

Daily Log of Independent Fieldwork / Lynne WeaverOn the Vision and Practice of Participation in Project Head Start / Lucie E. White; Afterword: Constancies and Commonalities in This Volume's Law Stories / Gary Bellow and Martha Minow; Contributors