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First edition. |
| Description |
vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Berkeley forum in the humanities |
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Berkeley forum in the humanities.
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| Note |
"The volume itself grew out of the Strategic Working Group on Law and the Humanities, which was funded by a Mellon Grant under the auspices of the Townsend Center for the Humanities, for which we are grateful." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Marianne Constable, Leti Volpp, and Bryan Wagner -- Places -- The wild life of law : domesticating nature in the Bering Sea, c. 1893 / Rebecca M. McLennan -- Before emptiness : on the destructiveness and impotence of law / Samera Esmeir -- Spun dry : mobility and jurisdiction in northern Australia / Daniel Fisher -- Signs of authority in Indian country / Beth H. Piatote -- Membership -- Signs of law / Leti Volpp -- After Obergefell : on marriage and belonging in Carson McCullers's Member of the wedding / Sarah Song -- Secularism, family law, and gender inequality / Saba Mahmood -- Religion -- When persons become firms and firms become persons : neoliberal jurisprudence and evangelical Christianity in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. / Wendy Brown -- Is there Jewish law? : the case of Josephus / Daniel Boyarin -- The Protestant power of attorney of 1531 : a legalistic history of the early Reformation in Germany / Sara Ludin -- Looking for law in The confessions of Nat Turner / Christopher Tomlins -- A vigil at the end of the world / Kathryn Abrams -- Invention and process in Bilski / Marianne Constable -- "Erudite curiosity" : the trial of Jean-Jacques Pauvert, publisher of The complete works of the Marquis de Sade, Paris 1958 / Ramona Naddaff -- The trial of Romeo Rosebud / Bryan Wagner. |
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Law and literature.
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Law -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Religion and law.
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Religion and law. (OCoLC)fst01093835
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Law and literature. (OCoLC)fst00993913
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Law -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00993813
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Sociological jurisprudence. (OCoLC)fst01123856
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Constable, Marianne, editor.
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Volpp, Leti, editor.
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Wagner, Bryan, editor.
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Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, sponsoring body.
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| ISBN |
9780823283712 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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0823283712 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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9780823283705 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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0823283704 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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