New from Stanford University Press:
The Expanding Spaces of Law: A Timely Legal Geography, edited by Irus Braverman, Nicholas Blomley, David Delaney, and Alexandre Kedar. The Press explains:
The Expanding Spaces of Law presents readers with cutting-edge
scholarship in legal geography. An invaluable resource for those new to
this line of scholarship, the book also pushes the boundaries of legal
geography, reinvigorating previous modes of inquiry and investigating
new directions. It guides scholars interested in the law-space-power
nexus to underexplored empirical sites and to novel theoretical and
disciplinary resources. Finally, The Expanding Spaces of Law asks readers to think about the temporality and dynamism of legal spaces.
Reviewers say:
"The Expanding Spaces of Law is the first book to encapsulate the
trajectory of the legal geography field and point to its future
possibilities in theoretical, methodological and substantive terms.
Analyzing the increasing significance of the law-space nexus, this book
highlights why all sociolegal scholars should take seriously the
geo-political and spatial challenges to the prevailing understandings of
law."—Eve Darian-Smith, Professor, Global & International Studies,
University of California, Santa Barbara
"The Expanding Spaces of Law
vividly illuminates the significant contributions spatial analysis
offers to sociolegal studies and to legal anthropology, making clear
that an adequate analysis of law and society requires a focus on space
and time. The theoretically sophisticated, wide-ranging introduction and
empirically rich chapters demonstrate how legal geography enhances the
analysis of sociological studies in settings as diverse as Indonesian
villages, rural America, and urban Mexico. It offers a valuable
introduction to the field as well as a collection of recent,
path-breaking work."—Sally Engle Merry, New York University
More information, including the TOC, is available
here.
