The Place of Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)

200 Pages·2003·17.55 MB·English

by  Prof. Austin Sarat

The Place of Law
The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought
Each work included in The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence,
and Social Thought explores a theme crucial to an understanding of
law as it confronts the changing social and intellectual currents of the
twenty-first century.
Works edited by Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns
The Fate of Law
Law's Violence
Law in Everyday Life
The Rhetoric of Law
Identities, Politics, and Rights
Legal Rights: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory
Law in the Domains of Culture
Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law
History, Memory, and the Law
Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies
Works edited by Austin Sarat, Lawerence Douglas,
and Martha Merrill Umphrey
Lives in the Law
Law's Madness
The Place of Law
The Place of Law
EDITED BY
Austin Sarat,
Lawrence Douglas,
AND
Martha Merrill Umphrey
The University of Michigan Press
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or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.
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The place of law I edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha
Merrill Umphrey.
p. em. - (Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social
thought)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN o-472-11350-x (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Law-Methodology. 2. Exterritoriality 3· Jurisdiction
4· International and municipal law. I. Sarat, Austin. II. Douglas,
Lawrence. III. Umphrey, Martha Merrill. IV. Series.
K212.P58 2003
340'.1-dc21
ISBN o-472-03158-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBNI3 978-o-472-11350-7 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBNI3 978-o-472-03I58-o (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBNI3 978-o-472-02208-3 (electronic)
To my son Benjamin (A.S.)
To KRM and TJUM (M. U.)
For NEP (L.D.)

Acknowledgments
We are grateful to our colleague David Delaney for his help in shaping
the ideas that inform this book. We thank our students in Amherst Col-
lege's Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought for their
interest in the issues addressed in this book. We would like to express
our appreciation for generous financial support provided by the Col-
lege's Charles Hamilton Houston Forum on Law and Social Change and
to the Dean of the Faculty, Lisa Raskin, for her interest and support.

Contents
Where (or What) Is the Place of Law? An Introduction
Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey 1
Time against Territoriality: National Laws and
Literary Translations
Wai Chee Dimock 21
The Empty Place: Legal Formalities and the Cultural State
Annelise Riles 43
The Architecture of Authority: The Place of Law in
the Space of Science
Susan S. Silbey and Patricia Ewick 75
Digital Networks, State Authority, and Politics
Saskia Sassen 1o9
The Place of Cyberlaw
Lawrence Lessig 131
Against Cyberspace
Richard Ford 147
Contributors 181
Index 183