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Law and the utopian imagination / edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey. - 1 online resource (185 pages) - The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought . - Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Law and the utopian imagination : an introduction / Lawrence Douglas, Austin Sarat, and Martha Merrill Umphrey -- The one and only law : Walter Benjamin, utopianism and the Second Commandment / James R. Martel -- Law, utopia, event : a constellation of two trajectories / Johan van der Walt -- "What about peace?" : Cotton Mather's millennium and the rise of international law / Nan Goodman -- Globus terraqueus : cosmopolitan law and "fluid geography" in the utopian thinking of Immanuel Kant and Joseph-Pierre Proudhon / Diane Morgan -- Dystopian narratives and legal imagination : tales of noir cities and dark laws / Shulamit Almog.

This is a project of exploration and resuscitation of idea of utopianism within legal discourse. Instead of mapping out the contours of a familiar terrain, the contributors seek to explore the possibilities of a productive engagement between the utopian and the legal imagination.

ISBN: 9780804791861 (electronic bk.) 0804791864 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctvqrqgwb JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--Philosophy.
Utopias.
Utopias
Utopies.
LAW--Essays.
LAW--General Practice.
LAW--Jurisprudence.
LAW--Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW--Practical Guides.
LAW--Reference.
Law--Philosophy.
Utopias.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: K486 / .L39 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 340.1