Introduction : law and social justice / Faith Gordon and Daniel Newman -- Lifetimes of commitment to law and social justice / Jacqueline A. Kinghan -- Decolonial violence and the "native intellectual" / Patricia Tuitt -- A very British domination contract? Charles W. Mills' theoretical framework and understanding social justice in Britain / Zara Bain -- Marx and anti-colonialism / Thalia Anthony -- The law of peoples / John Rawls -- Naming 'femicide' / Ashley Rogers -- Feminist legal engagements towards a transformative justice / Jane Krishnadas -- Social justice and the limits of regulation : the enduring insights of Marx's Capital / Steve Tombs -- Mariana Valverde : scale, jurisdiction and social justice / Jess Mant -- Policing the Union's Black : the racial politics of law and order in contemporary Britain / Lambros Fatsis -- Larissa Behrendt -- achieving social justice : indigenous rights and Australia's future / Robyn Oxley -- Beyond criminology : taking harm seriously / Lynne Copson -- The souls of black folk, by W.E.B. Du Bois / Bharat Malkani -- At war with the court's 'sublime complacency' : Bob Woffinden remembered / Jon Robins -- The vulnerable subject : anchoring equality in the human condition (Martha Fineman) / Ellen Gordon-Bouvier -- Reflections on law and social justice : Robin West, 'economic man and literary woman' mercer law review / Amir Paz-Fuchs.
Summary:
"This book assesses the role of social justice in legal scholarship and its potential future development, by focusing upon the 'leading works' of the discipline. The rise of socio-legal studies over recent decades has led to a more interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, which prioritises placing law into its wider social context. Recognising the role that culture, economics and politics plays in the development of the law, is important in order to fully understand the position and impact of law in society. Innovative and written in an engaging way, this collection includes leading and emerging scholars from across the world. Each contributor has been invited to select and analyse a 'leading work', a publication which has for them shed light on the way that law and social justice are interlinked and has influenced their own understanding, scholarship, advocacy and in some instances, activism. The book also includes a specially written foreword and afterword, which critically reflect upon the contributions of the 'leading works' to consider the role that social justice has played in law and legal education, and the likely future path for social justice in legal scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.
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