In American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism, Ruth Colker examines how American law purports to reflect - and actively promotes - a laissez-faire capitalism that disproportionately benefits the entrepreneurial class. Colker proposes that the quality of American life depends als…
To survive. This is the main battleground of peripheric bodies (body-territory), particularly indigenous, black, poor and trans* women. By adopting a transdisciplinary and mixed methodology, this research conducts decolonial excavations, traces genealogies of discourse, and pays…
This study compares the legal theories of two 5th /11th century Islamic legal scholars, Abu Zayd al-Dabūsī (d. 430/1039) and Abu Sahl al-Sarakhsī (d. 483/1090). Both Central Asian Hanafīs who trace their ideological heritage through the Hanafī scholars in Baghdad, the two jurist…
Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, A Critical Introduction to Law argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides contemporary exam…
Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, A Critical Introduction to Law argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides contemporary exam…
The common sense of law -- Law, order and reality -- Reality, anthropology and dispute resolution -- Making rules, making property and translating disputes -- Defining disputes and comprehending the world -- Women and subordination -- Patriarchal relations and marriage -- Men, w…
Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, this book argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. This edition provides contemporary examples to demonstrate the relevance of these arguments i…
Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, A Critical Introduction to Law argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides contemporary exam…
