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Title Studies in law, politics, and society. Vol. 35
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2005
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 218 pages)
Series Studies in law, politics, and society, 1059-4337
Studies in law, politics, and society.
Contents Judging knowledge : the court as arbiter of social scientific knowledge and expertise in LGBT custody and adoption cases / Kimberly D. Richman -- Fathers' rights, feminism and Canadian divorce law reform : 1998-2003 / Ruth M. Mann -- Anatomy of Hollywood's hero-lawyer : a law-and-film study of the western motifs, honor-based values and gender politics underlying anatomy of a murder / Orit Kamir -- Unreasonable doubt : manipulating jurors' perceptions in a closing argument at trial / Pamela Hobbs -- When rights collide : anti-abortion protests and the ideological dilemma in planned parenthood Shasta-Diablo, Inc. V. Williams / Joshua C. Wilson -- Communication, power, and critique : toward a critical theory of everyday resistance / Glenn Mackin
Summary This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and the law. Those scholars examine the nature of family and the intersection of family and law, the way contexts shape legal actors, and the nature of rights and resistance. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship
Subject Law -- Political aspects.
Political sociology.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Form Electronic book
Author Sarat, Austin.
ISBN 1849503273 (electronic bk.)
9781849503273 (electronic bk.)