Lives In The Law (the Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought)

Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 Lives in the Law Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 4HE!MHERST3ERIESIN,AW *URISPRUDENCE AND3OCIAL4HOUGHT %ACHWORKINCLUDEDIN4HE!MHERST3ERIESIN,AW *URISPRUDENCE AND3OCIAL4HOUGHTEXPLORESATHEMECRUCIALTOANUNDERSTANDINGOF LAWASITCONFRONTSTHECHANGINGSOCIALANDINTELLECTUALCURRENTSOFTHE TWENTY lRSTCENTURY 7ORKSEDITEDBY!USTIN3ARATAND4HOMAS2+EARNS 4HE&ATEOF,AW ,AWS6IOLENCE ,AWIN%VERYDAY,IFE 4HE2HETORICOF,AW )DENTITIES 0OLITICS AND2IGHTS ,EGAL2IGHTS(ISTORICALAND0HILOSOPHICAL0ERSPECTIVES *USTICEAND)NJUSTICEIN,AWAND,EGAL4HEORY ,AWINTHE$OMAINSOF#ULTURE #ULTURAL0LURALISM )DENTITY0OLITICS ANDTHE,AW (ISTORY -EMORY ANDTHE,AW (UMAN2IGHTS#ONCEPTS #ONTESTS #ONTINGENCIES 7ORKSEDITEDBY!USTIN3ARAT ,AWERENCE$OUGLAS AND-ARTHA-ERRILL5MPHREY ,IVESINTHE,AW ,AWS-ADNESS 4HE0LACEOF,AW Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 Lives in the Law edited by Austin Sarat Lawrence Douglas and Martha Merrill Umphrey Ann Arbor Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 First paperback edition 2006 Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2002 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c 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 Lives in the law / edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey. p. cm. — (The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-472-11253-8 (cloth : acid-free paper) 1. Sociological jurisprudence. 2. Law—Social aspects—United States. I. Douglas, Lawrence. II. Sarat, Austin. III. Umphrey, Martha Merrill. IV. Series. k376 .l58 2002 340'.115—dc21 2001007078 isbn 0-472-03161-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-13 978-0-472-03161-0 Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 Acknowledgments We are grateful to our colleagues David Delaney, Nasser Hussain, and Thomas R. Kearns for helping us think about what it means to live in the law and for their help in shaping the ideas that inform this book. We thank our students in Amherst College’s Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought for their interest in the issues addressed in Lives in the Law. Finally, we would like to express special appreciation to the Keck Foundation and to the Amherst College Faculty Lecture Committee for their generous financial support. Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 Lives in the Law Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Umphrey, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=23007 The University of Michigan Press, 2002 Contents <