
Critical Introduction to Law
CRC Press
3rd Edition
Published on 26. November 2015
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-138-16796-4 (ISBN)
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Description
This book challenges the usual introductions to the study of law. It argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. It considers law as ideology and as politics, and critically assesses its contribution to the creation and maintenance of a globalized and capitalist world. The clarity of the arguments are admirably suited to provoking discussions of the role of law in our contemporary world. This third edition provides contemporary examples to sustain the arguments in their relevance to the twenty-first century.
The book includes an analysis of the common sense of law; the use of anthropological examples to gain external perspectives of our use and understanding of law; a consideration of central legal concepts, such as order, rules, property, dispute resolution, legitimation and the rule of law; an examination of the role of law in women's subordination and finally a critique of the effect of our understanding of law upon the wider world. This book is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students reading law.
The book includes an analysis of the common sense of law; the use of anthropological examples to gain external perspectives of our use and understanding of law; a consideration of central legal concepts, such as order, rules, property, dispute resolution, legitimation and the rule of law; an examination of the role of law in women's subordination and finally a critique of the effect of our understanding of law upon the wider world. This book is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students reading law.
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Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-16796-4 (9781138167964)
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Wade Mansell | Belinda Meteyard | Alan Thomson
Critical Introduction to Law
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06/2004
3rd Edition
Routledge Cavendish
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Persons
Wade Mansell, Belinda Meteyard, and Alan Thomson, all at the University of Kent Law School.
Content
The Common Sense of Law; Law, Order and Reality; Reality, Anthropology and Dispute Resolution; Making Rules, Making Property and Translating Disputes; Defining Disputes and Comprehending the World; Women and Subordination; Patriarchal Relations and Marriage; Men, Women, Work and Law; The Wider Implications of the Rule of Law; Legitimation, Sovereignty and Globalisation; Equality and the Rule of Law; Reconsiderations.