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The Dialectics of Legal Repression

Author : Isaac D. Balbus
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610440226
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Dialectics of Legal Repression written by Isaac D. Balbus and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1973-07-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than 2 percent of some 4000 adults prosecuted for participating in the bloodiest ghetto revolt of this generation served any time in jail as a result of their conviction and sentencing. Why? Why, in contrast, did the majority of those arrested following a brief and minor confrontation with police in a different city receive far harsher treatment than ordinarily meted out for comparable offenses in "normal" times? What do these incidents tell us about the nature of legal repression in the American state? No coherent theory of political repression in the liberal state exists today. Neither the liberal view of repression as "anomaly" nor the radical view of repression as "fascist core" appears to come to grips with the distinctive characteristics of legal repression in the liberal state. This book attempts to arrive at a more adequate understanding of these "distinctive characteristics" by means of a detailed analysis of the legal response to the most serious violent challenge to the existing political order since the Great Depression—the black ghetto revolts between 1964 and 1968. Using police and court records, and extensive interviews with judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and detention officials, Professor Balbus provides a complete reconstruction of the response of the criminal courts of Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago to the "civil disorders" that occurred in these cities. What emerges is a disturbing picture of the relationship between court systems and participants and the local political environments in which they operate.

Dialectics of Legal Repression

Author : Isaac D. Balbus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610445801
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Dialectics of Legal Repression written by Isaac D. Balbus and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

State Crime and Civil Activism

Author : Penny Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317280059
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book State Crime and Civil Activism written by Penny Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State Crime and Civil Activism explores the work of non-government organisations (NGOs) challenging state violence and corruption in six countries – Colombia, Tunisia, Kenya, Turkey, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea. It discusses the motives and methods of activists, and how they document and criticise wrongdoing by governments. It documents the dialectical process by which repression stimulates and shapes the forces of resistance against it. Drawing on over 350 interviews with activists, this book discusses their motives; the tactics they use to withstand and challenge repression; and the legal and other norms they draw upon to challenge the state, including various forms of law and religious teaching. It analyses the relation between political activism and charitable work, and the often ambivalent views of civil society organisations towards violence. It highlights struggles over land as one of the key areas of state and corporate crime and civil resistance. The interviews illustrate and enrich the theoretical premise that civil society plays a vital part in defining, documenting and denouncing state crime. They show the diverse and vibrant forms that civil society takes in a widely varied group of countries. This book will be of much interest to undergraduate and postgraduate social science students studying criminology, international relations, political science, anthropology and development studies. It will also be of interest to human rights defenders, NGOs and civil society.

Social Problems, Law, and Society

Author : Angela Kathryn Stout
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742542075
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Social Problems, Law, and Society written by Angela Kathryn Stout and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles presents a critical, issue-oriented approach to law and society, emphasizing its important relationship to contemporary social problems. By exploring the interstitial area between the sociology of law, social problems and social movements, the initial chapters trace out a theoretical trajectory which points to the need to move beyond traditional and social constructionist approaches. A variety of empirical studies together explore the contradictory dynamics of class as they relate to race and gender in both a national and global context, illustrating the dialectical interplay between the state and social movements. Employing a wide range of perspectives so as to convey the great diversity found in the contemporary sociology of law and justice studies, these authors collectively share a broad consensus concerning the need to explore how social movements and the larger political economy play a pivotal role in shaping state reactions to the challenges presented by contemporary social problems. With its integrated presentation of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, this unique anthology will be useful in a variety of sociology, criminology, and justice studies course offerings such Law and Society, Social Problems, Crime and Social Justice, Social Movements, Law and Social Control, Social Change, Law and Public Policy, Introduction to Legal Studies, and others. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will appreciate that these articles, selected for their academic rigor, are highly readable and strongly oriented towards high profile social issues, including those of class, race, and gender inequalities as well as social movement and legal struggles in community, national and global settings.

Political Repression

Author : Linda Camp Keith
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812207033
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Political Repression written by Linda Camp Keith and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world seems to have reached agreement on a set of ideals regarding state human rights behavior and the appropriate institutions to promote and protect those ideals. The global script for state legitimacy calls for a written constitution or the equivalent with an embedded bill of rights, democratic processes and institutions, and increasingly, a judicial check on state power to protect human rights. While the progress toward universal formal adherence to this global model is remarkable, Linda Camp Keith argues that the substantive meaning of this progress is much less clear. In Political Repression, she seeks to answer two key questions: Why do states make formal commitments to democratic processes and human rights? What effect do these commitments have on actual state behavior, especially political repression? The book begins with a thorough exploration of a variety of tools of state repression and presents evidence for substantial formal acceptance of international human rights norms in constitutional documents as well as judicial independence. Keith finds that these institutions reflect the diffusion of global norms and standards, the role of transnational networks of nongovernmental organizations, and an electoral logic in which regimes seek to protect their future interests. Economic liberalism, on the other hand, decreases the likelihood that states adopt or maintain these provisions. She demonstrates that the level of judicial independence is influenced by constitutional structures and that levels of judicial independence subsequently achieved in turn diminish the probability of state repression of a variety of rights. She also finds strong evidence that rights provisions may indeed serve as a constraint on state repression, even when controlling for many other factors.

Political Repression in Bahrain

Author : Marc Owen Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108471439
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Political Repression in Bahrain written by Marc Owen Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From torture to fake news, this book lays out how the Bahrain regime has used political repression and violence to fight social movements.

American Indians and the Law

Author : Lawrence Rosen
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412816953
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book American Indians and the Law written by Lawrence Rosen and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sociology of Law

Author : A. Javier Trevino
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351473700
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Law written by A. Javier Trevino and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field. As such, the text gives a comprehensive overview of theoretical sociology of law. It deals with the broad expanse of the field and covers a vast amount of intellectual terrain. This volume is intended to fill a gap in the literature. Most textbooks in the sociology of law are insufficiently theoretical or else do not provide a paradigmatic analysis of sociological theories. The content of this text consists of discussions of the works of scholars who have contributed the most to the cumulative development of the sociology of law. It surveys the major traditions of legal sociology but is not wedded to any one particular theoretical approach. Both the "classical," or nineteenth-century, and "contemporary," or twentieth-century, perspectives are covered. The reader will see that nineteenth-century thought has directly influenced the emergence of twentieth-century theory. One unique feature of this book is that key sociological and legal concepts, presented in bold print and italics, are defined, described, and illustrated throughout. Although the nature of the subject matter is highly theoretical and, at times, quite complex, Trevino values every effort to present the material in the most straightforward and intelligible form possible without compromising the integrity of the theories themselves. In short, this book aims to accomplish three objectives: inform about the progressive advancement of sociological theory, teach the reader to analyze the law as a social phenomenon, and develop in the reader a critical mode of thinking about issues relevant to the relationship between law and society.

Special Issue: Social Movements/Legal Possibilities

Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857248251
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Special Issue: Social Movements/Legal Possibilities written by Austin Sarat and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social movements provide the engine of legal change and law itself spurs social movement activity. This issue includes articles on social movements in several different nations, including France, South Africa and Canada, asking us to consider the way context is reflected in movement activities.

The Sociology of Law

Author : A. Javier TreviÃ±o
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412834775
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Law written by A. Javier TreviÃ±o and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Courts, Social Science, and School Desegregation

Author : Betsy Levin
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412820486
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Courts, Social Science, and School Desegregation written by Betsy Levin and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Protest Dialectics

Author : Paul Chang
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804794308
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Protest Dialectics written by Paul Chang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1970s South Korea is characterized by many as the "dark age for democracy." Most scholarship on South Korea's democracy movement and civil society has focused on the "student revolution" in 1960 and the large protest cycles in the 1980s which were followed by Korea's transition to democracy in 1987. But in his groundbreaking work of political and social history of 1970s South Korea, Paul Chang highlights the importance of understanding the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in this oft-ignored decade. Protest Dialectics journeys back to 1970s South Korea and provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the numerous events in the 1970s that laid the groundwork for the 1980s democracy movement and the formation of civil society today. Chang shows how the narrative of the 1970s as democracy's "dark age" obfuscates the important material and discursive developments that became the foundations for the movement in the 1980s which, in turn, paved the way for the institutionalization of civil society after transition in 1987. To correct for these oversights in the literature and to better understand the origins of South Korea's vibrant social movement sector this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in the 1970s.

The Politics of Law and Order

Author : Stuart A. Scheingold
Publisher : Quid Pro Books
ISBN 13 : 161027038X
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Law and Order written by Stuart A. Scheingold and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundational and renowned study of how politicians and others use crime rates -- and most of all the public perception of street crime, whether or not it is accurate -- for their own purposes. Dr. Scheingold also provides a theoretical and historical basis for his views. The follow-up to the landmark book The Politics of Rights, this text is both supported in research and accessible and interesting to readers everywhere. Features new 2010 Foreword by Berkeley law professor Malcolm Feeley. A work that is both "timely and timeless," writes Feeley, it "is important for what it says -- and how it says it -- about American crime and crime policy, as well as American political culture. It speaks truth to power today as much as it did when it was first published." As recently noted by Amherst College's Austin Sarat, Scheingold "was quite simply one of the world's leading commentators on law and politics."

Policing Dissent

Author : Luis Fernandez
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813544742
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Policing Dissent written by Luis Fernandez and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1999, fifty-thousand anti-globalization activists converged on Seattle to shut down the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Meeting. Using innovative and network-based strategies, the protesters left police flummoxed, desperately searching for ways to control the emerging anti-corporate globalization movement. Faced with these network-based tactics, law enforcement agencies transformed their policing and social control mechanisms to manage this new threat. Policing Dissent provides a firsthand account of the changing nature of control efforts employed by law enforcement agencies when confronted with mass activism. The book also offers readers the richness of experiential detail and engaging stories often lacking in studies of police practices and social movements. This book does not merely seek to explain the causal relationship between repression and mobilization. Rather, it shows how social control strategies act on the mind and body of protesters.

Law and Social Movements

Author : Michael McCann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351560743
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Law and Social Movements written by Michael McCann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of both socio-legal scholars and specialists working in social movements research continues to contribute to our understanding of how law relates to and informs the politics of social movements. In the 1990s, an important line of new research, most of it initiated by those working in the law and society tradition, began to bridge the gaps between these two areas of scholarship. This work includes new approaches to group legal mobilization politics; analysis of the judicial impact on social reform struggles; studies of individual legal mobilization in civil disputing and an almost entirely new area of research in cause lawyering. It brings together the best of this research introduced by a detailed essay by the editor.

Transforming Settler States

Author : Ronald Weitzer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520333284
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Settler States written by Ronald Weitzer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past two decades, several settler regimes have collapsed and others seem increasingly vulnerable. This study examines the rise and demise of two settler states with particular emphasis on the role of repressive institutions of law and order. Drawing on field research in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe, Ronald Weitzer traces developments in internal security structures before and after major political transitions. He concludes that thoroughgoing transformation of a repressive security apparatus seems to be an essential, but often overlooked, precondition for genuine democracy. In an instructive comparative analysis, Weitzer points out the divergent development of initially similar governmental systems. For instance, since independence in 1980, the government of Zimbabwe has retained and fortified basic features of the legal and organizational machinery of control inherited from the white Rhodesian state, and has used this apparatus to neutralize obstacles to the installation of a one-party state. In contrast, though liberalization is far from complete. The British government has succeeded in reforming important features of the old security system since the abrupt termination of Protestant, Unionist rule in Northern Ireland in 1972. The study makes a novel contribution to the scholarly literature on transitions from authoritarianism to democracy in its fresh emphasis on the pivotal role of police, military, and intelligence agencies in shaping political developments. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Law and Poverty

Author : Frank Munger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351154184
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Law and Poverty written by Frank Munger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socio-legal research on the legal experiences of the poor reflects an understanding of the close connection between economic inequality and law. The first two parts of this volume illustrate general analytical approaches to law and poverty. The remaining parts include essays which examine more specific issues such as race and gender, access to law, legal consciousness and social change. Research on the relationships between poverty, inequality and governance still leaves many questions unanswered but the work presented here reflects the important contribution that sociolegal research makes to the ongoing debate.