Between Law And Culture: Relocating Legal Studies

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What happens to legal thought when key terms-society,culture, power, justice, identity-become unsettled With the boundaries defining sociolegal scholarship undergoing a profound shift, this book explores the intersections oflaw,culture, and identity. Sexuality, race, sports, and the politics of policing are among the topics the authors take up as they examine howlawboth reproduces and challenges fundamental notions of order, discipline, and identity.

Contributors: Rosemary J. Coombe, U of Toronto; David M. Engel, SUNY, Buffalo; Marjorie Garber, Harvard U; Herman Gray, UC, Santa Cruz; Rona Tamiko Halualani, San Jos State U; David Harvey, CUNY; Deb Henderson; Yuen J. Huo, UCLA; S. Lily Mendoza, U of Denver; Trish Oberweis, American Justice Institute; Paul A. Passavant, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Lisa E. Sanchez, U of Illinois; Carl F. Stychin, U of Reading; Tom R. Tyler, New York U; Christine A. Yalda.