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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jennet KirkpatrickPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780691138770ISBN 10: 069113877 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 22 September 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsKirkpatrick's study is rich in history and suggestive in its pursuit of other models for thinking about law's social meanings... Kirkpatrick's book is worth reading and pondering for the ways that it makes one connect American legal history to these pressing issues. -- Jon Goldberg-Hiller Law and Politics Book Review The book features adept forays into jurisprudence at the same time that it captures the cultural diversity and local character of political violence in the US. Here the challenges posed by Thoreau and Rosa Parks become a platform from which to jump into the bloody world of John Brown and Timothy McVeigh. Kirkpatrick warns that conventional treatment of violence as outside of law is a sort of denial that leaves us vulnerable. -- J. Brigham Choice [O]ne of the great strengths of this book is its ability to relate illuminating historical examples of uncivil and civil disobedience to a wider tradition of political and legal theory...This is an original, highly readable, and rewarding book. -- April Carter Perspectives on Politics Author InformationJennet Kirkpatrick is lecturer in political science at the University of Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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