| Description |
1 online resource (xxxviii, 583 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Current legal issues ; 2002, v. 5 |
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Current legal issues ; 2002, v. 5.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Introduction. Connecting law and geography / Jane Holder and Carolyn Harrison ; From 'what?' to 'so what?': law and geography in retrospect / Nicholas Blomley ; Spatial dimensions of private law / Nick Jackson and John Wightman -- pt. II. Boundaries. Beyond the word: law as a thing of this world / David Delaney ; The Queen's peace: reflections on the spatial politics of sexuality in law / Leslie Moran ; Geography: the problem of scale, and process or allocation: the US National Organ Transplant Act of 1986, amended 1990 / Tom Koch and Ken Denike -- pt. III. Land. Freewheeling uphill; pedalling downhill: growing pains in developing a land market in china / Patrick McAuslan ; Camels, chameleons and coyotes: problematising the 'histories' of land law reform / Gareth Jones ; Idolatry of land / Georgette Chapman Poindexter -- pt. IV. Property. De/Re-territorializing possession: the shifting spaces of property rights / Sarah Whatmore ; Property restitution, property law and the post-Communist transition in Germany's new Bundesländer / Mark Blacksell ; Agenda 2000, land use and the environment: towards a theory of 'environmental' property rights / Christopher P. Rodgers ; Property rights, urban policy and the law: negotiating neighbourhood disputes in a Brazilian shantytown / Corrine Davis-Rodriguez ; Informal law in informal settlements / Jane Matthews Glenn and Véronique Bélanger -- pt. V. Nature. Governance and resource management in Mexico's community forestry sector / Camille Antinori ; Spaces of diversity in diverse spaces / Paul Street ; Environmental gains? Collaborative planning, planning obligations and issues of closure in local land-use planning in the UK / Carolyn Harrison and Tracey Bedford -- pt. VI. Identity: people, persons and places. Law and geography: only connect? / Michael Freeman ; Family geographies: global care chains, transnational parenthood and new legal challenges in an era of labour globalization / Orly Lobel ; On the legal geography of ethnocratic settler states: notes towards a research agenda / Alexandre (Sandy) Kedar -- pt. VII. Culture and time. Green metaphors: language, land and law in takings debates / Laura J. Hatcher ; Space and time: the genius loci of ancient places / Penny English ; From local to global: the role of geographical isolation in shaping competition law / Peter Kunzlik -- pt. VIII. Knowledge. Putting environmental law on the map: a spatial approach to environmental law using GIS / Robert J. Goldstein ; Earth observation and principles on data /Ray Harris ; Disciplinary interactions: ontological commitments and environmental standard-setting / Elizabeth A. Kirk and Alison D. Reeves |
| Summary |
This volume explores the relationship between law and geography especially with respect to taken-for-granted distinctions between the social and the material, the human and non-human and what constitutes persons and things |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Law and geography.
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Law and geography.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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Law, General & Comparative.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holder, Jane.
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Harrison, Carolyn.
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| ISBN |
9780191698675 |
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0191698679 |
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