Justice as Translation: An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism

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Product ID:	9780226894966
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	US
Title:	Justice as Translation
Subtitle:	An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism
Authors:	Author: James Boyd White
Page Count:	332
Subjects:	Cultural studies, Cultural studies, Constitution: government and the state, Jurisprudence and general issues, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Constitution: government & the state, Jurisprudence & general issues, Constitutional & administrative law, USA
Description:	White extends his conception of United States law as a constitutive rhetoric shaping American legal culture that he proposed in When Words Lose Their Meaning, and asks how Americans can and should criticize this culture and the texts it creates. In determining if a judicial opinion is good or bad, he explores the possibility of cultural criticism, the nature of conceptual language, the character of economic and legal discourse, and the appropriate expectations for critical and analytic writing. White employs his unique approach by analyzing individual cases involving the Fourth Amendment of the United States constitution and demonstrates how a judge translates the facts and the legal tradition, creating a text that constructs a political and ethical community with its readers.
Imprint Name:	University of Chicago Press
Publisher Name:	The University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1994-10-17

Weight	532 g
Dimensions	228 × 152 × 21 mm