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Studies in Law, Politics and Society

2003 ᛫


Presents articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars spanning the social sciences, humanities, and law. This title offers fresh perspectives on political relationships, politics, legal reform, law and the family, race relations and gender issues.

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Summary


This volume presents articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars spanning the social sciences, humanities, and law. It offers new perspectives on political relationships, politics, legal reform, law and the family, race relations and gender issues.

Table of contents

  • REVISITING CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE AMERICAN DEBATES.
  • MINORITY REPRESENTATION, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRACY.
  • ACCOUNTING FOR ABSENT BODIES: THE POLITICS AND JURISPRUDENCE OF THE MISSING PERSONS ACT.
  • SURVIVING LAW: DEATH COMMUNITY CULTURE.
  • EXTRATERRITORIAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION: REPLACING “OBJECTIVE TERRITORIALITY” WITH “DEFENSIVE TERRITORIALITY”.
  • “SUBJECTIVITY IS A CITIZEN”: REPRESENTATION, RECOGNITION, AND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTERS.
  • EDITORIAL BOARD.