Studies in Law, Politics and Society

by Austin Sarat

Overview

"The articles in this volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society cover an exciting and diverse range of topics relating to law's relationship with and impact on society. Two articles cover immigration, but from very different perspectives. One examines the legal-cultural attitude of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel while the other investigates US Immigration Policy and the notion of 'child saving'. Other articles cover the institutional dynamics of same-sex marriage debates in America; the anti-strip mining movement in central Appalachia; an analysis of the death penalty in Maricopa County, Arizona, one of the most active death penalty locales in the contemporary U.S; and affirmative defenses at the International Criminal Court."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780520803
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	06/14/2011
Series:	Studies in Law, Politics, and Society , #55
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Editorial Board ix

Part I Symposium on Law and Film

What Screen Do You Have in Mind? Contesting the Visual Context of Law and Film Studies Richard K. Sherwin 3

Strange Encounters: Exploring Law and Film in the Affective Register Ruth Buchanan Rebecca Johnson 33

A Witness to Justice Jessica Silbey 61

Projecting the Judge: A Case Study in the Cultural Lives of the Judiciary Leslie J. Moron 93

Law, Hollywood and The European Experience Peter Robson 117

Part II General Articles

The Location of Resistance: Understanding Tactics of Resistance in the Welfare Office Karen McCormack 149

Ethics, Aesthetics, and Law: The Third Man's Three Prongs Shulamit Almog Amnon Reichman 169

Editorial Reviews

Academics from the fields of law, political science, sociology, and English contribute nine articles exploring the law's interaction with civil society. The articles have been organized by Sarat (law and political science, Amherst College) and Ewick (sociology, Clark U.) into four sections related to: the status of the legal family, punishment, national sovereignty, and theory. Specific topics treated include the politics of same-sex marriage, the legal rhetorical strategies of the notion of "civil" versus "savage," the detection of remorse in relation to sentencing, and the strategies of democratizing forces in Mexico in the past decade. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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