Special Issue : The Legacy of Stuart Scheingold / edited by Austin Sarat.

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Sarat, Austin

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Studies in law, politics, and society, Volume 59 | Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 59.Publication details: Bingley : Emerald, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 231 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781781903438 (hbk.)
1781903433 (hbk.)

Other title:

Legacy of Stuart Scheingold

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DDC classification:

340.115 23 SAR

Contents:

Part :1 Introduction : Stuart Scheingold, a personal reflection Part :2 The myth of the myth of rights / George I. Lovell -- Part :3 "A madman full of paranoid guile" : the myth of rights in the modern American mind Part :4 Novelty and the politics of rights Part :5 Political criminology, the plural state, and the politics of affect Part :6 Phantom racism and the myth of crime and punishment Part :7 Putting politics in its place : reflections on political criminology, immigration and crime Part :8 Imagining otherness : the political novel and animal rights Part :9 Scheingold's failure : his finest book Part :10 Rights, community, and democracy : a sociolegal critique of the neoconservative case against rights

Summary: "This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the discourse of judging and the 'language of judging' within many diverse legal scenarios. The volume features chapters specifically on: the 'language of rights' within the context of abortion and same-sex marriage cases; discourses within the European Court of Justice; the modern-day place of politics in the US Supreme Court; and discussions on the two-court crisis which lead to the US Constitutional Convention of 1849"--Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	340.115 SAR V-59 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		38219

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Part :1 Introduction : Stuart Scheingold, a personal reflection
Part :2 The myth of the myth of rights / George I. Lovell --
Part :3 "A madman full of paranoid guile" : the myth of rights in the modern American mind
Part :4 Novelty and the politics of rights
Part :5 Political criminology, the plural state, and the politics of affect
Part :6 Phantom racism and the myth of crime and punishment
Part :7 Putting politics in its place : reflections on political criminology, immigration and crime
Part :8 Imagining otherness : the political novel and animal rights
Part :9 Scheingold's failure : his finest book
Part :10 Rights, community, and democracy : a sociolegal critique of the neoconservative case against rights

"This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the discourse of judging and the 'language of judging' within many diverse legal scenarios. The volume features chapters specifically on: the 'language of rights' within the context of abortion and same-sex marriage cases; discourses within the European Court of Justice; the modern-day place of politics in the US Supreme Court; and discussions on the two-court crisis which lead to the US Constitutional Convention of 1849"--Provided by publisher

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