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Studies in law, politics, and society

Studies in law, politics, and society [electronic resource] / edited by Austin Sarat. - Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2016. - 1 online resource (x, 207 p.). - Studies in law, politics, and society, v. 70 1059-4337 ; . - Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 70. .

Includes bibliographical references.

A twice told story: comparing accounts of capital punishment in the radical and mainstream press / Austin Sarat, Kyra Ellis-Moore, Abraham Kanter, Christina Won, Abigail Xu -- Why Roe still stands: abortion law, the Supreme Court, and the Republican regime / Thomas Keck, Kevin McMahon -- The legal politics of time in emergencies: ticking-time in the Israeli High Court of Justice / Karin Loevy -- Between society and the state: gendered racialization and Muslim Americans / Hajer Al-Faham, Rose Ernst -- The Law of Alternatives: conflict resolution as the art of reconstruction / Michal Alberstein -- Decolonization and the right of self-determination for the Pacific / Valmaine Toki.

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (SLPS) provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship; the articles in this volume cover a diverse range of topics relating to law's relationship with and impact on society. Topics covered include: coverage of capital punishment in the mainstream and radical press; the landmark Roe vs. Wade case and the Republican Party's relationship with abortion law; an exploration of the legal politics of temporality in emergencies; gendered racialization and White supremacy in the US, specifically related to Muslim women; conflict resolution and legal theory; and self-determination for indigenous peoples in the Pacific.

9781786350756 (electronic bk.)

1059-4337


Political Science--Public Policy--Social Policy.
Law & society.
Sociological jurisprudence.

K370 / .S78 2016

340.115

340.1

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