Legal Geographies Reader Law, Power and Space

Name: Legal Geographies Reader Law, Power and Space
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ISBN: 9780631220169

ISBN-10: 063122016X

ISBN-13: 9780631220169

Edition: 2001

Authors: Nicholas Blomley, David Delaney, Richard T. Ford

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This timely Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings on the relationship between law and geography. In so doing, it has fostered the creation of an intellectual forum for scholars and students in related disciplines, who have - until now - been working in parallel, rather than in tandem. Although a recent area of study, the intersection between these fields is becoming increasingly important with the recognition that space is socially produced and that it is riddled with power relations. The chapters in this Reader are organized around geographic scale - local, national, global - and each section includes an introductory essay contextualizing the selections and explaining…

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List price: $90.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/8/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.70" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of Contributors


Foreword



Preface: Where is law



Acknowledgments



Legal Places



Public Space


Introduction




The Annihilation of Space by Law: The Roots and Implications of Anti-Homeless Laws in the United States




Controlling Chronic Misconduct in City Spaces: Of Panhandlers, Skid Rows and Public-Space Zoning




Girls and the Getaway: Cars, Culture, and the Predicament of Gendered Space




Out of Place: Symbolic Domains, Religious Rights and the Cultural Contract




Local Racisms and the Law.Introduction




The Boundaries of Responsibility: Interpretations of Geography in School Desegregation Cases




Polluting the Body Politic: Race and Urban Location




The Boundaries of Race: Political Geography in Legal Analysis




The Legitimacy of Judicial Decision Making in the Context of Richmond v Croson




Property and the City.Introduction




Landscapes of Property




Residential Rent Control




Suspended in Space: Bedouins Under the Law of Israel




Picturesque Visions




National Legalities



State Formation and Legal Centralization


Introduction




A Legal History of Cities




Territorialization and State Power in Thailand




Rabies Rides the Fast Train: Transnational Interactions in Post-Colonial Times




Law's Territory (A history of jurisdiction)




Environmental Regulation


Introduction




Property Rights and the Economy of Nature: Understanding Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council




The Property Rights Movement: How it Began, Where it is Headed




Globalization and Law


Introduction




'Let Them Eat Cake': Globalization, Postmodern Colonialism and the Possibilities of Justice




The View from the International Plane: Perspective and Scale in the Architecture of Colonial International Law




Border Crossings: NAFTA, Regulatory Restructuring and the Politics of Place




Anthropological Approaches to Law and Society in Conditions of Globalization



Index