Studies in law, politics and society. Vol. 35 /

This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and the law. Those scholars examine the nature of family and the intersection of family and law, the way...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sarat, Austin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2005.
Subjects:
Sociological jurisprudence.
Political sociology.
Sociologie juridique.
Sociologie politique.
Law & society.
Law > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part. I. At the limits of "family." Judging knowledge: the court as arbiter of social scientific knowledge and expertise in LGBT custody and adoption cases / Kimberly D. Richman
  • Fathers' rights, feminism and Canadian divorce law reform: 1998-2003 / Ruth M. Mann
  • Part II. Legal actors in context. Anatomy of Hollywood's hero-lawyer: a law-and-film study of the western motifs, honor-based values and gender politics underlying Anatomy of a Murder's construction / Orit Kamir
  • Unreasonable doubt: manipulating jurors' perceptions in a closing argument at trial / Pamela Hobbs
  • Part III. Rights and resistances. When rights collide: anti-abortion protests and the ideological dilemma in Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo, Inc. v. Williams / Joshua C. Wilson
  • Communication, power, and critique: toward a critical theory of everyday resistance / Glenn Mackin.

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