Special issue social movements/legal possibilities
by
 
Sarat, Austin.

Title
Special issue social movements/legal possibilities

Author
Sarat, Austin.

ISBN
9780857248268

Publication Information
Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.

Physical Description
1 online resource (259 p.) : ill.

Series
Studies in law, politics and society, v. 54
 
Studies in law, politics and society ; v. 54.

Contents
Two spinning wheels : studying law and social movements / Scott Barclay, Lynn C. Jones, Anna-Maria Marshall -- Decolonizing the law : LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa / Ashley Currier -- Social movements and the state's construction of identity : the case of Muslims in France / Jennifer Fredette -- Rejecting rights : the disability critique of physician assisted suicide / Katharina Heyer -- Social movements lashing back : law, social change and intra-social movement backlash in Canada / Lisa Vanhala -- Protest arrests and future protest participation : the 2004 Republican National Convention arrestees and the effects of repression / Jennifer Earl -- Convincing elites, controlling elites / Douglas NeJaime -- After 9/11 : Guantánamo and the mobilization of lawyers / Devyani Prabhat.

Abstract
Social movements provide the engine of legal change and law itself spurs social movement activity. This issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society examines the legal life of social movements and their impact on law. The articles collected here take up social movements in several different nations, including France, South Africa and Canada, asking us to consider the way context is reflected in movement activities.

Subject Term
Law -- General.
 
Law -- Civil Rights.
 
Political Science -- Civics & Citizenship.
 
Law & society.
 
Legal system: general.
 
Social movements.

Added Author
Sarat, Austin.

Electronic Access
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1059-4337/54


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book2077118-1001HM881 .S64 2011Emerald E-Books