Injury: The Politics of Product Design and Safety Law in the United States

Author:   Lochlann Jain
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   annotated edition
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9780691119083


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   26 March 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lochlann Jain
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9780691119083


ISBN 10:   0691119082
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   26 March 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Sarah Lochlann Jain's book puts the 'jury' back into injury... Injury cross-fertilizes several different areas, including but not limited to cultural anthropology, the history of product design, and law and society. --Simon A. Cole, Technology and Culture With the provocative use of real-world examples, Injury is a first-rate work of critique. It should be on the reading list of anyone interested in the civil justice system ... regardless of their position on the issues. --Stephen Daniels, Law and Society Review In her astonishingly incisive book, Injury, Sarah Lochlann Jain brushes aside a century of jaded debates on what should count as injury for legal compensation... Injury is perhaps the most important anthropological work on law and human wounding. --Aneesh Aneesh, Political and Legal Anthropology Review Anthropologist Sarah S. Lochlann Jain's book ... Is a provocative, sophisticated, and ambitious analysis of the cultural logic of contemporary US product injury law and what Jain terms 'American injury culture.' --William T. Gallagher, Law & Politics Book Review I recommend Injury to lawyers who want to gain deeper insight into why we sometimes expect to receive a favorable result for our clients under the existing body of law, yet we lose the case on what seems to be an unjust application of that law to our clients' facts. --James McLaughlin, Trial Magazine While the work may deceptively seem a work in cultural anthropology, it deftly defies easy categorization. It is at once a work of discourse analysis, law and society, politics of health, and rhetoric; this is a remarkable book on every level. Injury not only serves cultural studies of law, but would benefit scholars and practitioners of tort law. --Bradley Bryan, Law, Culture and the Humanities In using anthropology's central strength of reading broad social structures through the details of everyday life and interactions, Jain is able to show what each discipline has to gain from such cross-pollinations... American studies scholars will find an exciting and significant contribution to the field, and one that is beautifully written and perspicaciously argued. --Jake Kosek, American Studies With the sparkle of deep insight found in Injury, scholars interested in questions of violence, political economy, law, and technoscience will find much to appreciate. It is an innovative and astute work, as well as an impressive feat of interdisciplinary scholarship. --Michelle Murphy, American Anthropologist


Sarah Lochlann Jain's book puts the 'jury' back into injury... Injury cross-fertilizes several different areas, including but not limited to cultural anthropology, the history of product design, and law and society. -- Simon A. Cole Technology and Culture With the provocative use of real-world examples, Injury is a first-rate work of critique. It should be on the reading list of anyone interested in the civil justice system ... regardless of their position on the issues. -- Stephen Daniels Law and Society Review In her astonishingly incisive book, Injury, Sarah Lochlann Jain brushes aside a century of jaded debates on what should count as injury for legal compensation... Injury is perhaps the most important anthropological work on law and human wounding. -- Aneesh Aneesh Political and Legal Anthropology Review Anthropologist Sarah S. Lochlann Jain's book ... Is a provocative, sophisticated, and ambitious analysis of the cultural logic of contemporary US product injury law and what Jain terms 'American injury culture.' -- William T. Gallagher Law & Politics Book Review I recommend Injury to lawyers who want to gain deeper insight into why we sometimes expect to receive a favorable result for our clients under the existing body of law, yet we lose the case on what seems to be an unjust application of that law to our clients' facts. -- James McLaughlin Trial Magazine While the work may deceptively seem a work in cultural anthropology, it deftly defies easy categorization. It is at once a work of discourse analysis, law and society, politics of health, and rhetoric; this is a remarkable book on every level. Injury not only serves cultural studies of law, but would benefit scholars and practitioners of tort law. -- Bradley Bryan Law, Culture and the Humanities In using anthropology's central strength of reading broad social structures through the details of everyday life and interactions, Jain is able to show what each discipline has to gain from such cross-pollinations... American studies scholars will find an exciting and significant contribution to the field, and one that is beautifully written and perspicaciously argued. -- Jake Kosek American Studies With the sparkle of deep insight found in Injury, scholars interested in questions of violence, political economy, law, and technoscience will find much to appreciate. It is an innovative and astute work, as well as an impressive feat of interdisciplinary scholarship. -- Michelle Murphy American Anthropologist


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Lochlann Jain is professor of cultural anthropology at Stanford University and the author of Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us.

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