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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824080403321

Titolo

Lives in the law [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas and Martha Merrill Umphrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-42260-X

9786612422607

0-472-02140-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought

Altri autori (Persone)

DouglasLawrence

SaratAustin

UmphreyMartha Merrill

Disciplina

340/.115

Soggetti

Sociological jurisprudence

Law - Social aspects - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theoretical perspectives on lives in the law : an introduction / Lawrence Douglas, Austin Sarat, and Martha Merrill Umphrey -- The Chicago conspiracy trial as a Jewish morality tale / Pnina Lahav -- Law and everyday death : infanticide and the backlash against woman's rights after the Civil War / Sarah Barringer Gordon -- Dependency by law : welfare and identity in the lives of poor women / Frank Munger -- Labor's subjects / Vicki Schultz -- France and trials for crimes against humanity / Annette Wieviorka.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines how the lives of individuals, social groups, and nations are fashioned by their engagement with the law