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Risk, Uncertainty and Government
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 71.95Both risk and uncertainty are neo-liberal concepts, which can be viewed as complementary techniques for governing diverse aspects of life, rather than natural states of things. This new book examines the way these constructs govern the production of wealth through 'uncertain' speculation and 'calculable' investment formulae. The way in which risk... more...
The Currency of Justice
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 46.95Fines and monetary damages account for the majority of legal sanctions across the whole spectrum of legal governance. Money is, in key respects, the primary tool law has to achieve compliance. Yet money has largely been ignored by social analyses of law, and especially by social theory. The Currency of Justice examines the differing rationalities,... more...
Gendered Risks
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95Edited and contributed to by a collection of eminent international scholars in the field, this is the first book to explore the gendered aspects of risk. It analyzes what is currently known and identifies some of the new directions and challenges for research and theory that emerge from thinking of risk as a governmental technique; as a form of consciousness... more...
Law and Nature
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 122.00This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice. Topics include forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality, and Delaney demonstrates throughout that nearly any construal of 'nature' entails an interpretation of what it is to be (distinctively) human. more...
The Ritual of Rights in Japan
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 34.00The Ritual of Rights in Japan rejects the traditional view that Japan is a nation where overt conflict and the assertion of rights are unacceptable. It examines both historical events and contemporary policy, in concluding that rights-based conflict is an important part of Japanese legal, political, and social practice. more...
Immigrants at the Margins
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 44.00This provocative book explores immigration law in Spain and Italy, and exposes the tension between the temporary legal status of most immigrants, and the government emphasis on integration. It demonstrates the connections among immigrants' role as cheap labor - carefully inscribed in law - and their social exclusion and racialization. more...
Lawyers and Regulation
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 102.00This book is a close study of lawyers who practise occupational safety and health law in the United States, using detailed interview and survey data to explore the roles that lawyers have as representatives of companies, unions, and OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration). more...
Law and Globalization from Below
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 54.00This book is an unprecedented attempt to analyze the role of the law in the global movement for social justice. Case studies in the book are by leading scholars from both the global South and the global North, and combine empirical research with innovative sociolegal theory on various topics. more...
Law, Anthropology, and the Constitution of the Social
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 40.00This book is the product of a collaboration between leading theorists in law and anthropology. It develops an innovative analysis of legal practices. Specifically, it focuses on how law produces persons and things, and develops new approaches to the question of ownership. more...
Judicial Review and Bureaucratic Impact
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 46.00Leading international scholars from political science and law/socio-legal studies present new research which focuses on the relationship between judicial review and bureaucratic behaviour. A large number of empirical case studies are presented from various parts of the world to offer an international, interdisciplinary and empirical perspective. more...
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