Zooland

Irus Braverman

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. And while we all have op... Lees meer

Lex Populi

William P MacNeil

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• This is a book about jurisprudence--or legal philosophy. The legal philosophical texts under consideration are--to say the least--unorthodox. Tolkien,... Lees meer

Fault Lines

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Tort law, a fundamental building block of every legal system, features prominently in mass culture and political debates. As this pioneering anthology... Lees meer

Judging Insanity, Punishing Difference

Chloé Deambrogio

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• In Judging Insanity, Punishing Difference , Chloé Deambrogio explores how developments in the field of forensic psychiatry shaped American courts' ass... Lees meer

Our Word Is Our Bond

Marianne Constable

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Words can be misspoken, misheard, misunderstood, or misappropriated; they can be inappropriate, inaccurate, dangerous, or wrong. When speech goes wron... Lees meer

All Judges Are Political--Except When They Are Not

Keith Bybee

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• We live in an age where one person's judicial "activist" legislating from the bench is another's impartial arbiter fairly interpreting the law. After ... Lees meer

Imagining the International

Nesam McMillan

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• International crime and justice are powerful ideas, associated with a vivid imagery of heinous atrocities, injured humanity, and an international comm... Lees meer

The Street Politics of Abortion

Joshua C Wilson

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade stands as a historic victory for abortion-rights activists. But rather than serving as the coda to what... Lees meer

Zooland

Irus Braverman

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. And while we all have op... Lees meer

Better Left Unsaid

Nora Gilbert

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Better Left Unsaid is in the unseemly position of defending censorship from the central allegations that are traditionally leveled against it. Taking ... Lees meer

Letters of the Law

Sora Y Han

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• One of the hallmark features of the post-civil rights United States is the reign of colorblindness over national conversations about race and law. But... Lees meer

Lex Populi

William P MacNeil

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• This is a book about jurisprudence--or legal philosophy. The legal philosophical texts under consideration are--to say the least--unorthodox. Tolkien,... Lees meer

Pregnant with the Stars

Renée Ann Cramer

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• "Check out that baby bump!" Online and print magazines, television shows, and personal blogs are awash with gossip and speculation about pregnant cele... Lees meer

Pregnant with the Stars

Renée Ann Cramer

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• "Check out that baby bump!" Online and print magazines, television shows, and personal blogs are awash with gossip and speculation about pregnant cele... Lees meer

License to Harass

Laura Beth Nielsen

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Offensive street speech--racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened--is surprisingly comm... Lees meer

Fault Lines

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Tort law, a fundamental building block of every legal system, features prominently in mass culture and political debates. As this pioneering anthology... Lees meer

The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital puni... Lees meer

Imagining the International

Nesam McMillan

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• International crime and justice are powerful ideas, associated with a vivid imagery of heinous atrocities, injured humanity, and an international comm... Lees meer

Pot for Profit

Joseph Mello

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• The United States has experienced a dramatic shift in attitudes towards cannabis use from the 1970s, when only 12% of Americans said that they thought... Lees meer

Better Left Unsaid

Nora Gilbert

• Hardcover | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Better Left Unsaid is in the unseemly position of defending censorship from the central allegations that are traditionally leveled against it. Taking ... Lees meer

Our Word Is Our Bond

Marianne Constable

• Paperback | Engels | Cultural Lives of Law
• Words can be misspoken, misheard, misunderstood, or misappropriated; they can be inappropriate, inaccurate, dangerous, or wrong. When speech goes wron... Lees meer