The Cultural Study of Law

The Cultural Study of Law
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 0226422550
ISBN-13 : 9780226422558
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Book Synopsis The Cultural Study of Law by : Paul W. Kahn

Download or read book The Cultural Study of Law written by Paul W. Kahn and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on philosophers from Plato to Foucault and cultural anthropologists and historians such as Clifford Geertz and Perry Miller, Kahn outlines the conceptual tools necessary for such an inquiry. He analyzes the concepts of time, space, citizen, judge, sovereignty, and theory within the culture of law's rule and goes on to consider the methodological problems entailed in stripping the study of law of its reformist ambitions.


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