Many of America's most important social and political movements--abolition, women's suffragette, civil rights, women's liberation, gay and lesbian rights--have organized in the shadow of the law. All are based in their theoretical opposition to the law. Yet at the same time, they are dependent on the laws that prohibit them. Law is thus formed as much through the dynamic tensions that govern how these laws are received as through their official decree.
Legal forms such as contracts, property, and rights also constitute social and political life because they structure our world. John...
Many of America's most important social and political movements--abolition, women's suffragette, civil rights, women's liberation, gay and lesbian ...
Many of America's most important social and political movements--abolition, women's suffragette, civil rights, women's liberation, gay and lesbian rights--have organized in the shadow of the law. All are based in their theoretical opposition to the law. Yet at the same time, they are dependent on the laws that prohibit them. Law is thus formed as much through the dynamic tensions that govern how these laws are received as through their official decree.
Legal forms such as contracts, property, and rights also constitute social and political life because they structure our world. John...
Many of America's most important social and political movements--abolition, women's suffragette, civil rights, women's liberation, gay and lesbian ...
In recent years widespread attention has been focused on decisions handed down by the Supreme Court that grapple with passionate issues: integration, school prayer, abortion, affirmative action. This title presents an examination of the US Supreme Court as the final arbiter of constitutional interpretation.
In recent years widespread attention has been focused on decisions handed down by the Supreme Court that grapple with passionate issues: integration, ...
Law is part of the process by which people construct their views of the world. This book focuses on the places where law and material life intersect, and how law creates and alters our social reality.
Law is part of the process by which people construct their views of the world. This book focuses on the places where law and material life intersect, ...
