Rethinking Commodification - Cases and Readings in Law and Culture

When viewed in this way, the commodification debate moves beyond whether or not commodification is good or bad, and is assessed instead on the quality of the social relationships and wider context that is involved in the transaction. Rethinking Commodification contains an excellent array of contemporary issues, including intellectual property, reparations for slavery, organ transplants, and sex work; and an equally stellar array of contributors, including Richard Posner, Margaret Jane Radin, Regina Austin, and many others.

Summary

Ranging from black market babies to exploitative sex trade operations to the marketing of race and culture, "Rethinking Commodification" presents an interdisciplinary collection of writings, including legal theory, case law, and original essays to re-examine the question: "To commodify or not to commodify?"

Product details

• Authors: Martha Ertman, Judith Halberstam, Joan C. Williams
• Assisted by: Martha M. Ertmann (Editor), Joan C. Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2005
• EAN: 9780814722282
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-2228-2
• No. of pages: 466
• Series: Critical America (New York Uni; Critical America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries