Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines how law understands the past. Topics covered include the use of legal language to dehumanize slaves in the eighteenth century, the use of history by lawyers and judges to justify existing law or make changes to the law during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

About the author

Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, USA. He is also a Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor. He has written, co-written, or edited more than fifty books in the fields of law and political science.

Summary

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines how law understands the past. Topics covered include the use of legal language to dehumanize slaves in the eighteenth century, the use of history by lawyers and judges to justify existing law or make changes to the law during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Product details

• Assisted by: Austin Sarat (Editor), Austin (Amherst College Sarat (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2020
• EAN: 9781839822971
• ISBN: 978-1-83982-297-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Studies in Law and Politics; Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous