{"product_id":"laws-infamy-understanding-the-canon-of-bad-law-hardback-9781479812080","title":"Law's Infamy; Understanding the Canon of Bad Law (Hardback) 9781479812080","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLaw's Infamy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUnderstanding the Canon of Bad Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAustin Sarat (Edited by), Lawrence Douglas (Edited by), Martha M. Umphrey (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479812080\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A compelling examination by a diverse group of scholars on the historical, political, cultural and social meanings of 'legal infamy.' No one in the field of interdisciplinary law and culture studies has had more success than Austin Sarat at using the thematic essay anthology as a platform for robust, and rigorous, intellectual engagement\u003ci\u003e. Law's Infamy\u003c\/i\u003e is poised to become a significant contribution to the field.\" - Kendall Thomas, co-editor of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Founded the Movement \"\u003cp\u003eAn excellent, challenging, and thought-provoking book whose essays position many instances of complicity and 'infamy' into thoughtful, compelling, and unusual juxtaposition. The move to discuss the 'anti-canon' of 'infamous' cases is a brilliant approach to the problem of judicial complicity.\u003c\/p\u003e \" - Linda R. Meyer, Quinnipiac University \"Contributors to Sarat, Douglas, and Umphrey's volume ask when and why the word 'infamy' should be used to characterize legal decisions or actions. They consider how legal institutions themselves engage in infamous actions, and they urge that scholars and activists identify infamous decisions that are worthy of repudiation and label them as such, highlighting the damage done when law itself acts infamously.\" (Law and Social Inquiry)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn analysis of how problematic laws ought to be framed and considered\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the murder of George Floyd to the systematic dismantling of voting rights, our laws and their implementation are actively shaping the course of our nation. But however abhorrent a legal decision might be—whether \u003ci\u003eDred Scott v. Sanford\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003ePlessy v. Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e—the stories we tell of the law's failures refer to their injustice and rarely label them in the language of infamy. Yet in many instances, infamy is part of the story law tells about citizens' conduct. Such stories of individual infamy work on both the social and legal level to stigmatize and ostracize people, to mark them as unredeemably other. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaw's Infamy\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to alter that course by making legal actions and decisions the subject of an inquiry about infamy. Taken together, the essays demonstrate how legal institutions themselves engage in infamous actions and urge that scholars and activists label them as such, highlighting the damage done when law itself acts infamously and focus of infamous decisions that are worthy of repudiation. \u003ci\u003eLaw's Infamy \u003c\/i\u003easks when and why the word infamy should be used to characterize legal decisions or actions. This is a much-needed addition to the broader conversation and questions surrounding law's complicity in evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591064711448,"sku":"9781479812080","price":54.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/laws-infamy-understanding-the-canon-of-bad-law-hardback-9781479812080","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}