04199nam 2200661Ia 450 991081993840332120200520144314.01-282-45762-497866124576231-84950-697-3(CKB)2550000000001159(EBL)476602(OCoLC)536301551(SSID)ssj0000366334(PQKBManifestationID)11290383(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366334(PQKBWorkID)10417557(PQKB)11516462(MiAaPQ)EBC476602(OCoLC)ocn647846396(EXLCZ)99255000000000115919901012d2009 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtccrStudies in law, politics, and societyVolume 50 /edited by Austin Sarat1st ed.Bingley, UK Emerald20091 online resource (217 p.)Studies in law, politics, and society ;v. 50Description based upon print version of record.1-84950-696-5 Includes bibliographical references.Front cover; Studies in law, politics, and society; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Chapter 1. ''They come against them with the power of the Torah'': rabbinic reflections on legal fiction and legal agency; 1. Introduction; 2. The Sifra on Lev 24:10; 3. The Sanhedrin as oppressor: Lev. Rab. 32:8; 4. The motif of publicizing: Lev. Rab. 32:1-6a; 5. Legal fiction and legal agency: Lev. Rab. 32:6b-7a; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. From Paratroopers to Waltz with Bashir - The absence of law from Israeli war films; 1. Introduction2. The first years3. Political cinema exclusive of law; 4. War films: Children in an enclave; 5. Why is law absent from Israeli cinema?; 6. Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Filmography; Cases; Chapter 3. Shifting social norms: Genetic privacy and the spillover effect; 1. Introduction; 2. Brief overview of norms; 3. The new lead paint defense: A shadow norm emerges; 4. Contemporary considerations; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Punishment, purpose, and place: A case study of Arizona's prison siting decisions; IntroductionPrison building as a regionally specified national phenomenonThe Arizona case study; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Human, not too human: Why is mediation a profound alternative to the legal proceedings?; Authoritarianism and the modern world; The legal system as an authoritarian mechanism; The mediation alternative; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 6. It takes all kinds: Observations from an event-centered approach to cause lawyering; Methods; The abortion conflict and activism-regulation cases; Observations; Conclusion; Notes; AcknowledgmentsReferencesInterviews Cited; Cases CitedThis volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" brings together research on law's cultural life and on institutions and actors who translate interests, preferences, and values into legal policy. It offers perspectives from an interdisciplinary and international community and contains contributions from scholars of theology, political science, criminology, bio-ethics, and law in the United States, Israel, and Canada.Studies in law, politics, and society ;v. 50.Political sociologyResearchPolitical sociologyResearchUnited StatesSociological jurisprudenceResearchUnited StatesSociologyResearchUnited StatesPolitical sociologyResearch.Political sociologyResearchSociological jurisprudenceResearchSociologyResearch340.115Sarat Austin254475MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819938403321Studies in law, politics and society3940607UNINA