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Jonathan Swainger (Ed.) - People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture - 9780774810326 - V9780774810326
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People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture

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Description for People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture Hardback. This collection of essays demonstrates the ways in which personalities interact with physical locale in shaping the law. Examining law through the framework of history, this anthology presents a mixture of articles by established, interdisciplinary scholars. Editor(s): Swainger, Jonathan; Backhouse, Constance. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; JH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.

People and Place presents a path-breaking collection ofessays demonstrating the fascinating ways in which personalitiesinteract with physical locale in shaping the law. Examining law throughthe framework of history, this anthology presents a mixture ofinnovative articles produced by established scholars as well asrepresentatives of the next generation.

The collection represents a rich array of interdisciplinaryexpertise, with authors who are law professors, historians,sociologists and criminologists. Their essays include studies into thelives of judges and lawyers, rape victims, prostitutes, religious sectleaders, and common criminals. The geographic scope touches Canada, theUnited States and Australia. The essays explore how one individual, orsmall self-identified groups, were ... Read more

The essays offer snapshots of human history, capturing thecentrality of law as individuals located themselves in relation toothers and to the places and times in which they lived. Accessible toacademics, students, and general readers interested in the formation oflaw within a social context, this collection offers a compellingperspective of this subtle relationship. The close examination ofpeople and place will allow readers to unpack law’s variousmeanings across communities and time, and to move closer to a moreprofound awareness of the complexity of human society.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Law and Society
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774810326
SKU
V9780774810326
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About Jonathan Swainger (Ed.)
Jonathan Swainger is an associate professor of historyat the University of Northern British Columbia and author of TheCanadian Department of Justice and the Completion of Confederation,1867-78. Constance Backhouse is a professor oflaw at the University of Ottawa and co-author of The Heiress andthe Old Boys.

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