Overview

This book discusses the relationship between law and memory and explores the ways in which memory can be thought of as contributing to legal socialization and legal meaning-making. Against a backdrop of critical legal pluralism which examines the distributedness of law(s), this book introduces the notion of mnemonic legality. It emphasises memory as a resource of law rather than an object of law, on the basis of how it substantiates senses of belonging and comes to frame inclusions and exclusions from a national community on the basis of linear-trajectory and growth narratives of nationhood. Overall, it explores the sensorial and affective foundations of law, implicating memory and perceptions of belonging within this process of creating legality and legitimacy. By identifying how memory comes to shape and inform notions of law, it contributes to legal consciousness research and to important questions informing much socio-legal research.

Full Product Details

Author:   Matt Howard
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.424kg
ISBN:  

9783031193873

ISBN 10:   3031193873
Pages:   153
Publication Date:   03 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsChapter 1: Introduction.. 1 Chapter 2: Law and memory. 16 The social significance of collective memory.. 18 Expansive understanding of law... 25 Chapter 3: Memory, time, and law.. 48 Expectations in memory.. 49 Juridical significance of expectations within the Anzac story.. 53 The mobilization of imaginaries of war: expectations and actions in COVID-19.. 67 Chapter 4: Being and meaning: the performance of historical truth.. 81 Meaning imbued in commemorative spaces. 82 Historical and mnemonic truth.. 84 Performing the past. 86 Performing a historical and commemorative narrative across mnemonic resources. 89 Chapter 5: Elasticity of co-ordinated belonging. 112 Elasticity.. 113 Expectations within the Anzac legend.. 115 Elasticity in the Anzac commemoration.. 121 Chapter 6: Conclusion.. 148 Stretching elasticity.. 150 Index. 154

Reviews

“Howard’s book is highly recommended to readers who are interested in the intricate relations between law, (war) memory, and the politics of identity and belonging, and specifically to those who are intrigued by what it supposedly means to be a ‘rational Australian’.” (Luigi Corrias, Journal of Law and Society, February 22, 2024)

Author Information

Matt Howard is Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent, UK. 

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