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Author:   Jane Holder ,  Carolyn Harrison
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   1.005kg
ISBN:  

9780199260744

ISBN 10:   0199260745
Pages:   622
Publication Date:   27 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1: Jane Holder and Carolyn Harrison: Connecting Law and Geography 2: Nicholas Blomley: From `What' to `So What': Law and Geography in Retrospect 3: Nick Jackson and John Wightman: The Spatial Dimension of Private Law BOUNDARIES 4: David Delaney: Beyond the Word: Law as a Thing of this World 5: Leslie Moran: The Queen's Peace: Reflections on the Spatial Politics of Sexuality in Law 6: Tom Koch and [ ] Denike: Geography: The Problem of Scale, and Process or Allocation: The US National Organ Transplant Act of 1986, amended 1990 LAND 7: Patrick McAuslan: Freewheeling Uphill: Pedalling Downhill: Growing Pains in Developing a Land Market in China 8: Gareth Jones: Camels, Chameleons and Coyotes: Problematising the `Histories' of Land Law Reform 9: Georgette Poindexter: Idolatry of Land PROPERTY 10: Sarah Whatmore: De/Re Territorialising Possession: the Shifting Spaces of Property Rights 11: Mark Blacksell: Property Restitution, Property Law and the Post Communist Transition in Germany's New Bundeslander 12: Christopher Rodgers: Agenda 2000, Land Use and the Environment: Towards a Theory of `Environmental' Property Rights 13: Corrine Davis: Property Rights, Urban Policy and the Law: Negotiating Neighbourhood Disputes in a Brazilian Shantytown 14: Jane Matthews Glenn and Veronique Belanger: Informal Law in Informal Settlements NATURE 15: Camille Antinori: Governance and Resource Management in Mexico's Community Forestry Sector 16: Paul Street: Spaces of Diversity in Diverse Spaces 17: David Wilkinson: Conceptions of Environment in Law and Geography 18: Carolyn Harrison and Tracey Bedford: Environmental gains? Collaborative planning, planning obligations and issues of closure in local land-use planning in the UK IDENTITY: PEOPLE, PERSONS AND PLACES 19: Michael Freeman: Only Connect 20: Orly Lobel: Family Geographies: Gobal Care Chains, Transnational Parenthood and New Legal Challenges in an Era of Labour Globalisation 21: Sandy Kedar: On the Legal Geography of Ethnocratic Settler States: Notes Towards a Research Agenda CULTURE AND TIME 22: Laura Hatcher: Green Metaphors: Language, Land and Law in Takings Debates 23: Penny English: Space and Time: the Genius Loci of Ancient Places 24: Peter Kunzlik: From Local to Global - The Role of Geographical Isolation in Shaping Competition Law KNOWLEDGE 25: Robert Goldstein: Putting Environmental Law on the Map: A Spatial Approach to Environmental Law Using GIS 26: Ray Harris: Earth Observation and Principles on Data 27: Elizabeth A. Kirk and Alison D. Reeves: Disciplinary Interactions: Ontological Commitments and Environmental Standard Setting

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The two editors are to be congratulated on their collaborative venture.A wealth of original research and ideas. This essay presents an excellent overview of conceptual links between law, geography and society. This volume without doubt represents the most comprehensive collection assembled to date of material linking law and geography. <br> International Journal of Law in Context Vol. 12<br>

<br> The two editors are to be congratulated on their collaborative venture.A wealth of original research and ideas. This essay presents an excellent overview of conceptual links between law, geography and society. This volume without doubt represents the most comprehensive collection assembled to date of material linking law and geography. <br>International Journal of Law in Context Vol. 1/2 <br>

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Dr Jane Holder is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Laws, University College London Professor Caroline Harrison is Professor of Geography at University College London

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