Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

Book details for Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society v. 39

Contributor(s): Austin Sarat (editor),

Format: Hardback, 234 x 156 x 11mm , 156 pp, black & white illustrations

Publication date: 12 Jul 2006

Imprint: JAI Press Inc.

ISBN: 9780762313235

Price: £65.95

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Synopsis

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 well as law's response to both. Here, research illustrates the complex ways law can be said to be both opposed to violence and yet be violent itself. Other articles focus on the way judges and other legal actors use law as they interpret it. Taken together they exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship. An interdisciplinary volume that discusses political science, policy science and law, this book is divided into two parts: conflict, violence, and legal processes; and deciding cases, charting progress. It uses case law examples to examine issues.

Contents

PART I: CONFLICT, VIOLENCE, AND LEGAL PROCESSES PART II. DECIDING CASES, CHARTING PROGRESS