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Lives in the law / edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas and Martha Merrill Umphrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought.
- The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociological jurisprudence.
- Law--Social aspects--United States.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines how the lives of individuals, social groups, and nations are fashioned by their engagement with the law
- Contents:
- Theoretical perspectives on lives in the law : an introduction / Lawrence Douglas, Austin Sarat, and Martha Merrill Umphrey
- The Chicago conspiracy trial as a Jewish morality tale / Pnina Lahav
- Law and everyday death : infanticide and the backlash against woman's rights after the Civil War / Sarah Barringer Gordon
- Dependency by law : welfare and identity in the lives of poor women / Frank Munger
- Labor's subjects / Vicki Schultz
- France and trials for crimes against humanity / Annette Wieviorka.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42260-X
- 9786612422607
- 0-472-02140-0
- OCLC:
- 824099839
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