Law, Space, and the Geographies of Power |
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Author:
| Blomley, Nicholas K. |
Series title: | Mappings: Society/Theory/Space Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-89862-496-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1994 |
Publisher: | Guilford Publications
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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This illuminating new volume offers a ground-breaking exploration into the intriguing and politically significant relationship between law and geography. Nicholas K. Blomley asserts that space and law, rather than being fixed, objective categories, have a crucial bearing on the deployment of power and the structuring of social life. Arguing that the geographies of law can be powerful--even oppressive--in combination with their implied claims concerning social life, Blomley clearly...
More DescriptionThis illuminating new volume offers a ground-breaking exploration into the intriguing and politically significant relationship between law and geography. Nicholas K. Blomley asserts that space and law, rather than being fixed, objective categories, have a crucial bearing on the deployment of power and the structuring of social life. Arguing that the geographies of law can be powerful--even oppressive--in combination with their implied claims concerning social life, Blomley clearly demonstrates how, over the last two centuries, legal judgment has entailed the adjudication of issues of power and space.