Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (SLPS) provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship; the articles in this volume cover a diverse range of topics relating to law's relationship with and impact on society. Topics covered include: coverage of capital punishment in the mainstream and radical press; the landmark Roe vs. Wade case and the Republican Party's relationship with abortion law; an exploration of the legal politics of temporality in emergencies; gendered racialization and White supremacy in the US, specifically related to Muslim women; conflict resolution and legal theory; and self-determination for indigenous peoples in the Pacific.

About the Author
Edited by Austin Sarat, Department of Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought and Political Science, Amherst College, USA

Reviews
In this book, editor Austin Sarat presents readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles investigating various aspects of the intersection of law, politics, and contemporary society throughout the world. The six contributions that make up the main body of the text are devoted to comparing accounts of capital punishment in the radical and mainstream press; abortion law, the Supreme Court, and the Republican regime; the legal politics of time in emergencies; gendered racialization and Muslim Americans; and a variety of other related subjects. The editor is a faculty member of Amherst College in Massachusetts. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *



Book Information
ISBN 9781786350763
Author Austin Sarat
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm