Lawyers in a Postmodern World: Translation and Transgression Contributor(s): Cain, Maureen (Editor), Harrington, Christine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814715044 ISBN-13: 9780814715048 Publisher: New York University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1994 Annotation: How far are lawyers agents of the state or of capital? Are there ways in which they can work constructively or transformatively for the working class or the underprivileged? What insights, if any, can a postmodernist analysis of legal discourse bring to these questions? Lawyers in a Postmodern World explores how lawyers actively create the forms of power which they and others deploy. It examines how lawyers work within and for powerful institutions, and provides models for using their discursive skills with and for the powerless. This is important reading for scholars and students in social theory, law, criminology, social policy and political science. |
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BISAC Categories: - Law |
Dewey: 340.115 |
LCCN: 93035979 |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.19" W x 9.35" L (1.20 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: Are lawyers, by their very nature, agents of the state, of capital, of institutions of power? Or are there ways in which they can work constructively or transformatively for the disempowered, the working class, the underprivileged? |
Contributor Bio(s): Cain, Maureen: - Maureen Cain is Professor of Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. She is currently writing a book on feminism and realist methodology. The author of numerous books and articles, Harrington, Christine: -Christene B. Harrington is an Associate Professor of Politics at New York University. She is currently writing a book on the role of the American legal profession in forming a twentieth-century administrative state. |
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