Fault Lines: Tort Law as Cultural Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0804756139
- ISBN-13
- 9780804756136
- Series
- Fault Lines
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-04-24
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Authors
- David Engel, Michael McCann
Description
This pioneering collection examines tort law as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on the theories and methods of law, sociology, political science, and anthropology and comparative cases across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Other editions
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- 1999
- 276 pages
- Paperback
- Stanford University Press
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