Studies in law, politics, and society. Vol. 40 /

"Studies in Law, Politics and Society" continues the tradition of annually publishing interdisciplinary research on law with a critical focus that was begun in Research in Law and Sociology and carried forward in Research in Law, Deviance and Social Control. The new title describes an expa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarat, Austin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007.
Colección:Studies in law, politics, and society.
Temas:
Law > Political aspects.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Political sociology.
Droit > Aspect politique.
Sociologie juridique.
Sociologie politique.
Law & society.
Sociology & anthropology.
Political Science > General.
Social Science > Criminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Editorial Board
  • Part I: ''Suspect Populations''
  • Chapter 1. ''Your Client has a Profile:'' Race and National Security in Canada after 9/11
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Race Thinking and the Camp
  • Part Two: Security Certificate Hearings
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Law's Enemies: Enemy Concepts in U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
  • 1. Varieties of Enemies
  • 2. German Enemy Aliens: Soldiers, Saboteurs, Civilians
  • 3. The Japanese Internment Cases: Accidental Enemies or Accidental Citizens?
  • 4. Communist Enemies: Citizenship as Loyalty
  • 5. Conclusion: Enemies Before the Law
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Move(ments) Beyond Rights: Welfare Rights in an Era of Personal Responsibility
  • Part One: Rights and Needs in Perspective
  • Part Two: Welfare Rights in Context
  • Part Three: Activating Rights and Needs in the Movement
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 4. The Electoral Capture of Gay and Lesbian Americans: Evidence and Implications from the 2004 Election
  • Introduction
  • Electoral Capture
  • The 2004 Election: Evidence of Electoral Capture
  • Implications and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Part II: Legal Actors and Legal Devices: New Categories, New Concepts
  • Chapter 5. Can Prosecutors be Social Workers?
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Overview of Problem-Oriented Approaches in Criminal Justice
  • The Emergence of the Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Program
  • Signs of Problem-Oriented Prosecution in the SRVPP
  • Signs of Resistance to the Problem Orientation
  • Could Problem-Solving Work?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 6. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Dead Souls, Phantom Clients and the Modern Class Action
  • Introduction
  • Class Counsel Represents a Non-Existent Client
  • The Analogy to Dead Souls: The Class as a Phantom Client
  • A Story of Redemption and the Phantom Revived: Cy Pres Distributions
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Last Page.

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