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Law in Everyday Life
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
697 kr
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"Sarat and Kearns . . . have edited a truly marvelous work on the impact of the law on daily life and vice versa. . . . the essays are all exemplary, thought- provoking works worthy of a long, contemplative read by scholars, lawyers, and judges alike." -- Choice "The subject of law in everyday life …
Legal Rights
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
700 kr
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The idea of legal rights today enjoys virtually universal appeal, yet all too often the meaning and significance of rights are poorly understood. The purpose of this volume is to clarify the subject of legal rights by drawing on both historical and philosophical legal scholarship to bridge the gap …
Human Rights
Concepts, Contests, Contingencies
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
470 kr
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Today the language of human rights, if not human rights themselves, is nearly universal. Human Rights brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today''s human rights politics and help us rethink some of the …
Law in the Domains of Culture
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
522 kr
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The concept of culture is troublingly vague and, at the same time, hotly contested, and law''s relations to culture are as complex, varied and disputed as the concept of culture itself. The concept of the traditional, unified, reified, civilizing idea of culture has come under attack. The growth of …
History, Memory, and the Law
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
762 kr
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The essays in this book examine law as an active participant in the process through which history is written and memory is constructed. Instead of seeing law as a "victim" of history, the writers treat law as an author of history, not just in the instrumental sense in which law can be said to make …
Rhetoric of Law
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
980 kr
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Law is a profession of words. Simultaneously celebratory of great prose and dogmatically insistent on precise usage, law is a stage for verbal virtuosity, linguistic mastery, and persuasive argument. Yet the linguistic display is not without substance: the words of law take on a seriousness …
Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
606 kr
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Running through the history of jurisprudence and legal theory is a recurring concern about the connections between law and justice and about the ways law is implicated in injustice. In earlier times law and justice were viewed as virtually synonymous. Experience, however, has taught us that, in …
Fate of Law
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
557 kr
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For law and legal theory the end of the twentieth century is a time of contradiction; while the newly emerging politics of Eastern Europe seek to establish a new rule of law, voices in this country proclaim the "death of law." For the former, law provides hope for stability and fairness. For the …
Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
592 kr
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We are witnessing in the last decade of the twentieth century more frequent demands by racial and ethnic groups for recognition of their distinctive histories and traditions as well as opportunities to develop and maintain the institutional infrastructure necessary to preserve them. Where it once …
Identities, Politics, and Rights
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2010
766 kr
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The subject of rights occupies a central place in liberal political thought. This tradition posits that rights are entitlements of individuals by virtue of their personhood and that rights stand apart from politics, that rights in fact hold at bay intrusions of state policy. The essays in …
Law's Violence
Av Thomas R. Kearns, Austin Sarat
E-bok, 2009
557 kr
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"In bringing together accomplished and thoughtful scholars of different disciplines, with a command of literature ranging from the legal to the literary, and in relating the works to the central arguments of the late Professor Robert Cover, Sarat and Kearns have created a first-rate up-to-date …
Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1998
353 kr
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Running through the history of jurisprudence and legal theory is a recurring concern about the connections between law and justice and about the ways law is implicated in injustice. In earlier times law and justice were viewed as virtually synonymous. Experience, however, has taught us that, in …
Fate of Law
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1993
367 kr
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For law and legal theory the end of the twentieth century is a time of contradiction; while the newly emerging politics of Eastern Europe seek to establish a new rule of law, voices in this country proclaim the "death of law." For the former, law provides hope for stability and fairness. For the …
Law's Violence
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1995
353 kr
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"In bringing together accomplished and thoughtful scholars of different disciplines, with a command of literature ranging from the legal to the literary, and in relating the works to the central arguments of the late Professor Robert Cover, Sarat and Kearns have created a first-rate up-to-date …
Law in Everyday Life
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1995
464 kr
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"Sarat and Kearns . . . have edited a truly marvelous work on the impact of the law on daily life and vice versa. . . . the essays are all exemplary, thought- provoking works worthy of a long, contemplative read by scholars, lawyers, and judges alike." --Choice"The subject of law in everyday life …
Rhetoric of Law
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1996
519 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Law is a profession of words. Simultaneously celebratory of great prose and dogmatically insistent on precise usage, law is a stage for verbal virtuosity, linguistic mastery, and persuasive argument. Yet the linguistic display is not without substance: the words of law take on a seriousness …
Legal Rights
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1997
422 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The idea of legal rights today enjoys virtually universal appeal, yet all too often the meaning and significance of rights are poorly understood. The purpose of this volume is to clarify the subject of legal rights by drawing on both historical and philosophical legal scholarship to bridge the gap …
Identities, Politics, and Rights
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 1997
548 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The subject of rights occupies a central place in liberal political thought. This tradition posits that rights are entitlements of individuals by virtue of their personhood and that rights stand apart from politics, that rights in fact hold at bay intrusions of state policy. The essays in …
Law in the Domains of Culture
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 2000
353 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The concept of culture is troublingly vague and, at the same time, hotly contested, and law's relations to culture are as complex, varied and disputed as the concept of culture itself. The concept of the traditional, unified, reified, civilizing idea of culture has come under attack. The growth of …
Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 2001
394 kr
Lägg i varukorg
We are witnessing in the last decade of the twentieth century more frequent demands by racial and ethnic groups for recognition of their distinctive histories and traditions as well as opportunities to develop and maintain the institutional infrastructure necessary to preserve them. Where it once …
History, Memory, and the Law
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 2002
457 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays in this book examine law as an active participant in the process through which history is written and memory is constructed. Instead of seeing law as a "victim" of history, the writers treat law as an author of history, not just in the instrumental sense in which law can be said to make …
Human Rights
Concepts, Contests, Contingencies
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Häftad, 2002
297 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Today the language of human rights, if not human rights themselves, is nearly universal. Human Rights brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human rights politics and help us rethink some of the basic …
Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Inbunden, 1999
1100 kr
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We are witnessing in the last decade of the twentieth century more frequent demands by racial and ethnic groups for recognition of their distinctive histories and traditions as well as opportunities to develop and maintain the institutional infrastructure necessary to preserve them. Where it once …
History, Memory, and the Law
Av Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns
Inbunden, 1999
1163 kr
Tillfälligt slut
The essays in this book examine law as an active participant in the process through which history is written and memory is constructed. Instead of seeing law as a "victim" of history, the writers treat law as an author of history, not just in the instrumental sense in which law can be said to make …
