Studies in law, politics, and society. Volume 50 /
This 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 contr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald,
2009.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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. Introduction
- 2. 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; Introduction
- Prison 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; Acknowledgments