| Studies in Law, Politics, and Society Contributor(s): Sarat, Austin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0762313234 ISBN-13: 9780762313235 Publisher: Jai Press Inc. OUR PRICE: $147.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: 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 *Divided into two parts: Conflict, Violence, and Legal Processes; and Deciding Cases, Charting Progress *Uses case law examples to examine issues *Online availability at ScienceDirect |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Law | Jurisprudence - Law | Health |
| Dewey: 201.72 |
| Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.2" W x 9.34" (0.79 lbs) 156 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |