Book review: The Expanding Spaces of Law: A Timely Legal Geography. By Irus Braverman, Nicholas Blomley, David Delaney, and Alexandre Kedar. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $27.95 paper.
Year: 2016
Type: preprint
Abstract: collected volume The Expanding Spaces of Law is an important contribution to the field of legal-geography and it will certainly be a key text for legal geography scholarship. editors have detailed the growth of the scholarship, strengthened the aims, and highlighted areas for further research. result is a call for continued research in this area, including from those who do not identify as legal geography scholars. contributing authors have fulfilled, and surpassed the volume editors’ call for opening up new pathways in the field. Of particular interest is the variety of case study and subject areas that have been analyzed. result is a strong list of emerging areas of interest, which are inspiring and certain to capture the attention of scholars who will push the legal geography research agenda forward in multiple ways. The Expanding Spaces of Law is an exciting and timely addition to the field of legal geography.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Tenille E. Brown
Institution: University of Ottawa
Language: English
Topic: Law in Society and Culture
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3186779917