The Politics Of Law: A Progressive Critique, Third Edition

The Politics Of Law: A Progressive Critique, Third Edition

by David Kairys
The Politics Of Law: A Progressive Critique, Third Edition

The Politics Of Law: A Progressive Critique, Third Edition

by David Kairys

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Overview

The Politics of Law is the most widely read critique of the nature and role of the law in American society. This revised edition continues the book's concrete focus on the major subjects and fields of law. New essays on emerging fields and the latest trends and cases have been added to updated versions of the now-classic essays from earlier editions.A unique assortment of leading scholars and practitioners in law and related disciplines—political science, economics, sociology, criminology, history, and literature—raise basic questions about law, challenging long-held ideals like the separation of law from politics, economics, religion, and culture. They address such issues contextually and with a keen historical perspective as they explain and critique the law in a broad range of areas.This third edition contains essays on all of the subjects covered in the first year of law school while continuing the book's tradition of accessibility to non-law-trained readers. Insightful and powerful, The Politics of Law makes sense of the debates about judicial restraint and the range of legal controversies so central to American public life and culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780465024513
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 05/09/1998
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 752
File size: 930 KB
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

David Kairys has been a professor of law at Temple University School of Law since 1990 and is one of the nation's leading civil rights lawyers. He is also the author of With Liberty and Justice for Some.

What People are Saying About This

Scott Turow

I truly enjoyed ThePolitics of Law. It's a well-guided tour through contemporary legal academic thought... For lawyers or lay persons interested in alterntive perspectives on the law, this book is an invaluable aid. -- Author of Presumed Innocent

William E. Forobath

A beacon for progressive scholarship about law...It is a must read.

Austin Sarat

An intellectual reveille for radicals engaged with the law. . . .A beacon for progressive scholarship about law...It is a must-read. -- Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College

Patricia Williams

This pioneering anthology is enduringly transformative. Its wise and well chosen essays are at the crossroads of law, politics, and culture. It remains the classic in the field. -- Columbia University

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