| Description |
1 online resource (x, 440 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in law and society
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-422) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Situation nature. Introduction: the pragmatics of nature and the situation of law ; The nature of modern political discourse: doing things with nature ; The natures of scientific discourse ; The natures of legal discourse ; The natures of legal practice -- pt. II. Rendering nature. It's a slippery slope: law and the forces of nature ; Doctrinal wilderness and the path of interpretation: law and wilderness ; Wild justice and the endangerment of meaning: law and endangered species ; Puka's choice: law and animal experimentation ; Fear of falling: law and bestiality ; The births of nature and tradition: law and reproductive technologies ; Doctrinal mutations at the edge of meaning: law and genetic screening ; Return of the beast within: law and biological criminal defenses ; Controlling dreams: law and the involuntary medication of prisoners -- pt. III. Judging nature. Beyond "nature": the material life of the legal. |
| Summary |
This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice. Topics include forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality, and Delaney demonstrates throughout that nearly any construal of 'nature' entails an interpretation of what it is to be (distinctively) human. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science and law.
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Science and law. |
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Natural law.
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Natural law. |
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Law -- United States -- Philosophy.
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Law. |
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United States. |
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Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Delaney, David. Law and nature. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521831261 (DLC) 2003043961 (OCoLC)51861860 |
| ISBN |
0511063008 (electronic book) |
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9780511063008 (electronic book) |
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0511179251 (electronic book) |
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9780511179259 (electronic book) |
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0511071469 |
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9780511071461 |
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9780511493690 (electronic book) |
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051149369X (electronic book) |
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0521831261 (Cloth) |
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9780521831260 |
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