By: Paddy Ireland (Editor), Per Laleng (Editor)

Hardcover

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Long-awaited examinaation of Critcal Legal studies worldwide on a variety of topical issues.

This second Handbook focuses on some key areas for critical lawyers worldwide: race, gender, the environment and international law. Many of the essays examine how the law suppresses diversity, excluding and silencing some voices while privileging others. Just how effective is the law -- and the rule of law -- in pursuing multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, and in dealing with the problems associated with racial and sexual inequality, ecological destruction and international instability? In debating these issues, the contributors confront difficult questions about possibilities open to progressive legal action in a so-called 'postmodern' age.

Table of Cases
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction: Critical Legal Studies and Radical Politics	p. 1
International Law: The Legitimation of Power in World Affairs	p. 13
Pure Law in an Impure World	p. 30
Public International Law and Private Enterprise: Damages for a Killing in East Timor	p. 46
Race and Law	p. 61
The Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Values Underpinning Current Legal Education	p. 76
New Europe, Old Story: Racism, Law and the European Community	p. 86
Defining the Refugee by Race: The European Response to 'New' Asylum-seekers	p. 96
Race and Criminal Justice	p. 107
Arguing Equality: Recognising the Traps	p. 115
Feminist Perspectives on the Law of Tort	p. 124
Women, Law and Medical Power	p. 133
The Campaign to Free Kiranjit Ahluwalia	p. 142
Feminist Perspectives on Law	p. 150
An Idiomatic Discussion of Environmental Legislation	p. 161
Private Rights and Environmental Protection	p. 176
Your Life in Their Hands: The Case Against Patents in Genetic Engineering	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 196
Index	p. 212
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ISBN: 9780745310879
ISBN-10: 0745310877
Series: Law & Social Theory
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 224
Published: 15th June 1997
Publisher: Pluto Press
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.5  x 2.2
Weight (kg): 0.42