Bøker av Austin Sarat

Interpreting The Americans through a socially charged lens, this special issue offers a compelling insight into the legal and cultural undertones of family dynamics, as well as those at the heart of conservative American politics.

Discusses why the US legal system makes so many mistakes

Uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, and attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of America, in particular the history of lynching. This book looks at how the death penalty gives meaning to race, as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American.

Presenting a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this work covers social science disciplines and law. Some articles in this issue examine the interactions of law and "vulnerable" populations. Other articles focus on indigenous groups and particular legal controversies in which they are involved.