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Law as Punishment /

Law depends on various modes of classification. How an act or a person is classified may be crucial in determining the rights obtained, the procedures employed, and what understandings get attached to the act or person. Critiques of law often reveal how arbitrary its classificatory acts are, but no...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarat, Austin
Otros Autores: Douglas, Lawrence, Umphrey, Martha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Law depends on various modes of classification. How an act or a person is classified may be crucial in determining the rights obtained, the procedures employed, and what understandings get attached to the act or person. Critiques of law often reveal how arbitrary its classificatory acts are, but no one doubts their power and consequence. This crucial new book considers the problem of law's physical control of persons and the ways in which this control illuminates competing visions of the law: as both a tool of regulation and an instrument of coercion or punishment. It examines various instance.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (201 pages)
ISBN:9780804782111
0804782113