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In this volume of essays by leading socio-legal scholars, the dual concepts of consciousness and ideology are examined and used to expose law’s presence and power in social life. Rejecting the association between ideology and concealment, each essay explores the ways in which ideology and consciousness artfully produce truth, creating both power and the grounds of its resistance. The rich empirical studies included in this volume are crucial to our understanding of law, consciousness and ideology.

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Patricia Ewick is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Clark University, USA. Her current research addresses legal consciousness, social control and construction of legal space. Contributors: Alan Hunt, Timothy Mitchell, Jonathan Simon, Ronen Shamir, Martha Merrill Umphrey, Brinkley Messink, Mark Kessler, Sara Cobb, Janet Rifkin, Sally Engel Merry, Laura Beth Nielsen, Valerie Karno, Austin Sarat, Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, Patricia Ewick, Susan Silbey, Kitty Calavita.

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