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Book SynopsisThis volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" brings together research on law's cultural life and on institutions and actors who translate interests, preferences, and values into legal policy. It offers perspectives from an interdisciplinary and international community and contains contributions from scholars of theology, political science, criminology, bio-ethics, and law in the United States, Israel, and Canada.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. “They come against them with the power of the Torah”: rabbinic reflections on legal fiction and legal agency. From Paratroopers. Shifting social norms: Genetic privacy and the spillover effect. Punishment, purpose, and place: A case study of Arizona's prison siting decisions. Human, not too human: Why is mediation a profound alternative to the legal proceedings?. It takes all kinds: Observations from an event-centered approach to cause lawyering. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society. Copyright page.
