This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and the law. Those scholars examine the nature of family and the intersection of family and law, the way contexts shape legal actors, and the nature of rights and resistance. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.
Author(s): Austin Sarat
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 188
Front Cover......Page 1
STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
EDITORIAL BOARD......Page 10
PART I: AT THE LIMITS OF “FAMILY”......Page 12
CHAPTER 1. JUDGING KNOWLEDGE: THE COURT AS ARBITER OF SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN LGBT CUSTODY AND ADOPTION CASES......Page 14
CHAPTER 2. FATHERS’ RIGHTS, FEMINISM AND CANADIAN DIVORCE LAW REFORM: 1998–2003......Page 40
PART II: LEGAL ACTORS IN CONTEXT......Page 76
CHAPTER 3. ANATOMY OF HOLLYWOOD’S HERO-LAWYER: A LAW-AND-FILM STUDY OF THE WESTERN MOTIFS, HONOR-BASED VALUES AND GENDER POLITICS UNDERLYING ANATOMY OF A MURDER’S CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAWYER IMAGE......Page 78
CHAPTER 4. UNREASONABLE DOUBT: MANIPULATING JURORS’ PERCEPTIONS IN A CLOSING ARGUMENT AT TRIAL......Page 118
PART III: RIGHTS AND RESISTANCES......Page 154
CHAPTER 5. WHEN RIGHTS COLLIDE: ANTI-ABORTION PROTESTS AND THE IDEOLOGICAL DILEMMA IN PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHASTA-DIABLO, INC. V. WILLIAMS......Page 156
CHAPTER 6. COMMUNICATION, POWER, AND CRITIQUE: TOWARD A CRITICAL THEORY OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE......Page 202
