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Law and nature
Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003Description: 440p xISBN:- 9780521831260
- 0521831261
- 340.112000 DEL
Contents:
Contents:
Acknowledgements x;
Part I. Situating Nature:
1. Introduction: the pragmatics of nature and the situation of law 3;
2. The nature of modern political discourse: doing things with nature 28;
3. The natures of scientific discourse 54;
4. The natures of legal discourse 77;
5. The natures of legal practice 103;
Part II. Rendering Nature:
6. It's a slippery slope: law and the forces of nature 141;
7. Doctrinal wilderness and the path of interpretation: law and wilderness 162;
8. Wild justice and the endangerment of meaning: law and endangered species 192;
9. Puka's choice: law and animal experimentation 213;
10. Fear of falling: law and bestiality 235;
11. The births of nature and tradition: law and reproductive technologies 271;
12. Doctrinal mutations at the edge of meaning: law and genetic screening 300;
13. Return of the beast within: law and biological criminal defenses 329;
14. Controlling dreams: law and the involuntary medication of prisoners 361;
Part III. Judging Nature:
15. Beyond 'nature': the material life of the legal 397;
References 407;
Index 423.
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Contents:
Acknowledgements x;
Part I. Situating Nature:
1. Introduction: the pragmatics of nature and the situation of law 3;
2. The nature of modern political discourse: doing things with nature 28;
3. The natures of scientific discourse 54;
4. The natures of legal discourse 77;
5. The natures of legal practice 103;
Part II. Rendering Nature:
6. It's a slippery slope: law and the forces of nature 141;
7. Doctrinal wilderness and the path of interpretation: law and wilderness 162;
8. Wild justice and the endangerment of meaning: law and endangered species 192;
9. Puka's choice: law and animal experimentation 213;
10. Fear of falling: law and bestiality 235;
11. The births of nature and tradition: law and reproductive technologies 271;
12. Doctrinal mutations at the edge of meaning: law and genetic screening 300;
13. Return of the beast within: law and biological criminal defenses 329;
14. Controlling dreams: law and the involuntary medication of prisoners 361;
Part III. Judging Nature:
15. Beyond 'nature': the material life of the legal 397;
References 407;
Index 423.