Studies in law, politics, and society . Vol. 57 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2
• Soggetto topico: Law - General; Law - Indigenous Peoples; Law & society; Legal system: general; Sociological jurisprudence; Political sociology
• Altri autori: SaratAustin
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Studies in law, politics, and society
• ISBN: 1-280-12057-6; 9786613524430; 1-78052-623-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778918503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in law, politics, and society.