Studies in law, politics, and society. Vol. 39 /

This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work covers political science, policy studies, and law. Some of the articles published in this issue focus on the sources of conflict and violence as...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarat, Austin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2006.
Colección:Studies in law, politics, and society.
Temas:
Sociological jurisprudence.
Political sociology.
Sociologie juridique.
Sociologie politique.
Anthropology.
Political Science > General.
Social Science > Criminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Editorial Board
  • Part I: Conflict, Violence and Legal Processes
  • Individual Violence and the Law
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • From the Insular Cases to Camp X-Ray: Agamben's State of Exception and United States Territorial Law*
  • Introduction
  • Agamben's State of Exception
  • Antecedents
  • The State of Emergency, Conquest, Occupation, and Civil-War
  • The State of Exception and U.S. Nation-State Building
  • Puerto Rico: The Disembodied Shade
  • War and Conquest
  • The Court Follows the Sovereign
  • Incoherent Equality
  • Foreign in a Domestic Sense?
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Religious Paradigms and the Rule of Law: Thinking in Red and Blue
  • Sources of Meaning
  • Foundational Questions
  • Talking past each other: The Case of the ''Faith-Based'' Initiative
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II: Deciding Cases, Charting Progress
  • Did the Burning Cross Speak? Virginia V. Black and the debate between Justices O'Connor and Thomas over the History of Cross Burning
  • Introduction
  • Justice O'Connor and Expressive Cross Burning
  • Justice Thomas: Burning Crosses always Intimidate
  • Dueling Narratives
  • Conclusion: The uses of Historical Narrative
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Cases
  • Radical Change, Legal Pragmatism, and Individual Paths to Progress
  • Notes
  • References
  • Cause Lawyering and Social Movements: Can Solo and Small Firm Practitioners Anchor Social Movements?
  • Social Movements and Lawyers
  • Transformation of the Rules of Engagement
  • The Role of Solo and Small Firm Practitioners in the Delivery of Legal Services in America
  • ''Cooperating'' Solos and Small Firm Attorneys in Lawyering for Social Movements
  • Lessons of Community-Based Cause Lawyers
  • Technology and Cause Lawyering for the Solo and Small Firm Practitioner
  • The Law School Consortium Project
  • A Model of Organization for Solo and Small Firm cause Lawyers in the 21st Century?
  • The National Consortium
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Last Page.

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