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It has long been standard practice in legal studies to identify the place of law within the social order. And yet, as The Place of Law suggests, the meaning of the concept of "the place of law" is not self-evident.This book helps us see how the law defines territory and attempts to keep things in place; it shows how law can be, and is, used to create particular kinds of places -- differentiating, for example, individual property from public land. And it looks at place as a metaphor that organizes the way we see the world. This important new book urges us to ask about the usefulness of metaphors of place in the design of legal regulation.
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The Place of Law The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought Each work included in The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought explores a theme crucial to an understanding of law as it confronts the changing social and intellectual currents of the twenty-first century. Works edited by Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns The Fate of Law Law's Violence Law in Everyday Life The Rhetoric of Law Identities, Politics, and Rights Legal Rights: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory Law in the Domains of Culture Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law History, Memory, and the Law Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies Works edited by Austin Sarat, Lawerence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey Lives in the Law Law's Madness The Place of Law The Place of Law EDITED BY Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, AND Martha Merrill Umphrey The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor First paperback edition 2006 Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2003 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America O Printed on acid-free paper 2009 2008 2007 2006 5 4 3 2 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The place of law / edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey. p. cm.- (Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-472-11350-X (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Law-Methodology. 2. Exterritoriality 3. Jurisdiction 4. International and municipal law. I. Sarat, Austin. II. Douglas, Lawrence. III. Umphrey, Martha Merrill. IV. Series. K212 .P58 2003 340'.1-dc21 First paperback edition 2006 Copyright ©by the University of Michigan 2003 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America @ Printed on acid-free paper 2003011961 ISBN 0-472-03158-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBNI3 978-0-472-11350-7 (cloth :alk. paper) 2009 2008 2007 2006 5 4 3 2 ISBNI3 978-o-472-o3158-o (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBNI3 978-o-472-o0220o8-3 (electronic) No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,