Law and nature / David Delaney.

"This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and (largely American) legal thought and practice. It focuses on the politics and pragmatics of nature talk as expressed in both extralegal disputes and their transformation and translation into forms of legal...

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Main Author: Delaney, David (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Online Access:Cambridge Books on Core
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505 0 |a pt. I. Situation nature. Introduction: the pragmatics of nature and the situation of law ; The nature of modern political discourse: doing things with nature ; The natures of scientific discourse ; The natures of legal discourse ; The natures of legal practice -- pt. II. Rendering nature. It's a slippery slope: law and the forces of nature ; Doctrinal wilderness and the path of interpretation: law and wilderness ; Wild justice and the endangerment of meaning: law and endangered species ; Puka's choice: law and animal experimentation ; Fear of falling: law and bestiality ; The births of nature and tradition: law and reproductive technologies ; Doctrinal mutations at the edge of meaning: law and genetic screening ; Return of the beast within: law and biological criminal defenses ; Controlling dreams: law and the involuntary medication of prisoners -- pt. III. Judging nature. Beyond "nature": the material life of the legal. 
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