Law and the Utopian Imagination seeks to explore and resuscitate the notion of utopianism within cur... more

In The Beautiful Prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as some... more

surrounding the death penalty in America. Austin Sarat’s book instantly became an essential resource for citizens, scholars, and...... more

Civil Rights in the American Story charts the ambiguous and contested meanings of civil rights in la... more

The articles in this 63rd volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society cover cutting edge issues o... more

Law and War explores the cultural, historical, spatial, and theoretical dimensions of the relationsh... more

Rather than abstract philosophical discussion or yet another analysis of legal doctrine, Speech and ... more

Is the Death Penalty Dying? provides a careful analysis of the historical and political conditions t... more

the right to migrate, but also the right to stay home. If we wish to understand people’s migration decisions, Sarat argues...... more

Leading socio-legal scholars explore whether and how the idea of harnessing the regulatory capacity ... more

- Offers its readers an opportunity to witness the fantastic capacity of seemingly marginal people ... more

It is widely recognized that times of national emergency put legality to its greatest test. In such ... more

Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension ... more

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society is essential reading for legal scholars with a unique focus on... more

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society is essential reading for legal scholars with a unique focus on... more

The Secrets of Law explores the ways law both traffics in and regulates secrecy. Taking a close look... more

This special issue is dedicated to the life and work of beloved legal scholar Stuart Scheingold. The... more

. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth...... more

. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth...... more

Imagining New Legalities reminds us that examining the right to privacy and the public/private disti... more

Dissenting Voices in American Society: The Role of Judges, Lawyers, and Citizens explores the status... more

Contains an international and interdisciplinary array of legal scholarship. This work illuminates th... more

Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension ... more

Law depends on various modes of classification. How an act or a person is classified may be crucial ... more

Presents advanced scholarship on human rights. This work examines both the theoretical dimensions an... more

This volume Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains a symposium on indigenous peoples in Latin... more

How and why has the concept of responsibility come to pervade the fabric of American public and priv... more

Social movements provide the engine of legal change and law itself spurs social movement activity. T... more

Is the Death Penalty Dying? provides a careful analysis of the historical and political conditions t... more

Contains articles that consider the ways in which history has shaped law and how we make sense of pa... more

The possibility of law in the absence of a nation would seem to strip law from its source of meaning... more

Sarat, and Stephen I. Vladeck....... more

Sarat, and Stephen I. Vladeck....... more

Large law firms have become a dominant feature of the legal landscape in the United States and elsew... more

Law calls communities into being and constitutes the "we" it governs. This act of defining produces ... more

Rather than abstract philosophical discussion or yet another analysis of legal doctrine, Speech and ... more

This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society contains a sampling of work from some of the mo... more

It is widely recognized that times of national emergency put legality to its greatest test. In such ... more

Brings together research on law’s cultural life and on institutions and actors who translate interes... more

ever be abolished in America. The interdisciplinary group of experts gathered by Charles J. Ogletree Jr., and Austin Sarat...... more

ever be abolished in America. The interdisciplinary group of experts gathered by Charles J. Ogletree Jr., and Austin Sarat...... more

Trials are well known as paradigmatic legal events. Some attract wide attention; others mostly escap... more

Law and the Humanities: An Introduction brings together a distinguished group of scholars from law s... more

Rights and rights talk have a long and storied history and have occupied a crucial place in the ideo... more

Contains a Special Issue on crime and criminal justice. This title brings together the work of schol... more

The book brings together scholarship on three different forms of state violence, examining each for ... more

thinkers Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat have assembled a stellar group of contributors who try to make sense of...... more

thinkers Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat have assembled a stellar group of contributors who try to make sense of...... more

Offers fresh perspectives on sentencing and punishment, lawyering for the public good, and the meani... more

Aims to bring together the work of leading scholars of Constitutionalism, Constitutional law, and po... more

Once hailed as a promising new way to think about law and as opening a vital conversation about lite... more