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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.
- Law--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2002.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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, Martha Merrill Umphrey 1
- The Chicago Conspiracy Trial as a Jewish Morality Tale / Pnina Lahav 21
- Law and Everyday Death: Infanticide and the Backlash against Woman's Rights after the Civil War / Sarah Barringer Gordon 55
- Dependency by Law: Welfare and Identity in the Lives of Poor Women / Frank Munger 83
- Labor's Subjects / Vicki Schultz 123
- France and Trials for Crimes against Humanity / Annette Wieviorka 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472031610
- 0472112538
- 0472031619
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.23007
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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