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How law defines people, places, and things

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"Brigham admirably aims to situate his contribution within a larger critical tradition in law and within the law and society movement in particular.... Readers already well versed in the law and society literature will find in Material Law some provocative observations and piquant theoretical claims."
—The Law and Politics Book Review



Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

PART I: Theorizing Material Life/b>
1. The Map and the Territory
2. The Public in the Womb
3. Habeas Corpus at the Temple

PART II: Constituting Legal Spaces
4. Law’s Neighborhoods
5. De Facto Discrimination and the Double Standard
6. Occupied Territories

PART III: Materializing Law
7. Law Buildings
8. Commodity Form as Law
9. Global Legal Constructs
Index

Material Law: A Jurisprudence of What's Real

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/07/2009
      ISBN13: 9781592139644, 978-1592139644
      ISBN10: 1592139647
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How law defines people, places, and things

      Trade Review

      "Brigham admirably aims to situate his contribution within a larger critical tradition in law and within the law and society movement in particular.... Readers already well versed in the law and society literature will find in Material Law some provocative observations and piquant theoretical claims."
      —The Law and Politics Book Review



      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments

      PART I: Theorizing Material Life/b>
      1. The Map and the Territory
      2. The Public in the Womb
      3. Habeas Corpus at the Temple

      PART II: Constituting Legal Spaces
      4. Law’s Neighborhoods
      5. De Facto Discrimination and the Double Standard
      6. Occupied Territories

      PART III: Materializing Law
      7. Law Buildings
      8. Commodity Form as Law
      9. Global Legal Constructs
      Index

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