The public in law : representations of the political in legal discourse
Michelon, Claudio and Clunie, Gregor and McCorkindale, Christopher and Psarras, Haris (2012) The public in law : representations of the political in legal discourse. Edinburgh and Glasgow Law and Society Series . Ashgate Publishing, Farnham. ISBN 9781409419099
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Bringing together established academics and new researchers, the chapters in this collection interrogate the operation of 'the public' in a range of different legal, illegal and alegal spaces. The key question which frames the contributions is whether and in what manner 'the public' operates as an interface between law and society, allowing the interests and opinions of the population at large to be represented and reflected in legal discourse, such that collectively generated imperatives may be imposed upon political and economic actors. Multi-disciplinary in its approach, the volume reflects an understanding that there is more to the role of 'the public' in relation to law than the conventional demarcation of the field of 'public law' and that this relationship is open to comment from a wide range of actors
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Item type: Book ID code: 41254 Dates: DateEventJanuary 2012PublishedSubjects: Law Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 26 Sep 2012 14:50 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 14:39 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/41254