Studies in law, politics, and society. Vol. 35

This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and the law. Those scholars examine the nature of family and the intersection of family and law, the way...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Sarat, Austin
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2005.
SeriesStudies in law, politics, and society.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849503273
ISSN1059-4337
DOI10.1016/S1059-4337(2005)35
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 218 p.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Judging knowledge : the court as arbiter of social scientific knowledge and expertise in LGBT custody and adoption cases / Kimberly D. Richman
  • Fathers' rights, feminism and Canadian divorce law reform : 1998-2003 / Ruth M. Mann
  • Anatomy of Hollywood's hero-lawyer : a law-and-film study of the western motifs, honor-based values and gender politics underlying anatomy of a murder / Orit Kamir
  • Unreasonable doubt : manipulating jurors' perceptions in a closing argument at trial / Pamela Hobbs
  • When rights collide : anti-abortion protests and the ideological dilemma in planned parenthood Shasta-Diablo, Inc. V. Williams / Joshua C. Wilson
  • Communication, power, and critique : toward a critical theory of everyday resistance / Glenn Mackin.