02627nam a2200433Ia 4500 bslw07579466 UtOrBLW 20171018091359.0 m d cr un||||||||| 110527s2011 enka o 000 0 eng d 9780857248268 (electronic bk.) : �67.95 ; �97.95 ; $124.95 UtOrBLW UtOrBLW HM881 .S64 2011 LAQ bicssc LNA bicssc LAW000000 bisacsh LAW013000 bisacsh POL003000 bisacsh 323.1 303.484 22 Special issue [electronic resource] : social movements/legal possibilities / edited by Austin Sarat. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011. 1 online resource (259 p.) : ill. Studies in law, politics and society, 1059-4337 ; v. 54 Two spinning wheels : studying law and social movements / Scott Barclay, Lynn C. Jones, Anna-Maria Marshall -- Decolonizing the law : LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa / Ashley Currier -- Social movements and the state's construction of identity : the case of Muslims in France / Jennifer Fredette -- Rejecting rights : the disability critique of physician assisted suicide / Katharina Heyer -- Social movements lashing back : law, social change and intra-social movement backlash in Canada / Lisa Vanhala -- Protest arrests and future protest participation : the 2004 Republican National Convention arrestees and the effects of repression / Jennifer Earl -- Convincing elites, controlling elites / Douglas NeJaime -- After 9/11 : Guant�anamo and the mobilization of lawyers / Devyani Prabhat. Social movements provide the engine of legal change and law itself spurs social movement activity. This issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society examines the legal life of social movements and their impact on law. The articles collected here take up social movements in several different nations, including France, South Africa and Canada, asking us to consider the way context is reflected in movement activities. Law General. bisacsh Law Civil Rights. bisacsh Political Science Civics & Citizenship. bisacsh Law & society. bicssc Legal system: general. bicssc Social movements. Sarat, Austin. 9780857248251 Studies in law, politics and society ; v. 54. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1059-4337/54 May2011 223059 223059