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Law's violence / edited by Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought.
- The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Violence (Law).
- Violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1995, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Seven diverse voices probe the use of violence to enforce law and the effect of this use of violence on law.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; The Declaration of War: Constitutional and Unconstitutional Violence; Violence under the Law: A Judge's Perspective; Reading Violence; Time, Inequality, and Law's Violence; Private Violence as Moral Action: The Law as Inspiration and Example; Making Peace with Violence: Robert Cover on Law and Legal Theory; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42359-2
- 9786612423598
- 0-472-02378-0
- OCLC:
- 743199492
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