Word and the Law

Name: Word and the Law
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ISBN: 9780226036274

ISBN-10: 0226036278

ISBN-13: 9780226036274

Edition: 1995

Authors: Milner S. Ball

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Milner Ball takes an experimental journey into the inner life of law and the careers of men and women who use it to help disadvantaged people and to strengthen the fabric of the communities in which they live. At the center of this book are portraits of seven contemporary legal practitioners--lawyers, judges, and advocates--who have devoted their lives to an unconventional vision of the law. In their work, in areas from New York City housing court to the Warm Springs reservation in Oregon, the law exemplifies fundamental human values, manifestations of what Ball calls the "Word," the presence of God in life. To develop this concept of the Word, Ball explores its workings in familiar…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction



Seven Practices in Law



Dilsey, Baby Suggs, and the Nonreligious Word



What of Ethics, Faith, Christian Religion?



Mark, Isaiah, and the Empty Place



Aesthetic Meaning and Political Freedom 6: Morbidity and Viability in Law


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index