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Author:   Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (University of Westminster, London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Cavendish
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780415420341

ISBN 10:   0415420342
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 February 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: 'In the Lawscape' Part 1: Architectonics of Power 1. 'Berlin: The Untrusted Centre of the Law' 2. 'Moscow: Third Rome, Model Communist City, Eurasian Antagonist - and Power as No-Power?' 3. 'Istanbul, Political Islam and the Law: the Paradox of Modernity' Part 2: Streets of the Real 4. 'Homophobic Violence in London: Challenging Assumptions about Strangers, Dangers and Safety in the City' 5. 'Singapore: The One-Night Stand with the Law, Lah' 6. 'Panjim: Realms of Law and Imagination' Part 3: Legality, Illegality, Legitimacy 7. 'Athens: The Boundless City and the Crisis of Law' 8. 'Mexico City: The City and its Law in Eight Episodes, 1940 - 2005' 9. 'Law and the Poor: The Case of Dar es Salaam' Part 4: The Other Intramuros 10. 'Toronto: A 'Multicultural' Urban Order' 11. 'Sydney: Aspiration, Asylum and the Denial of the 'Right to the City'' 12. 'Johannesburg: A Tale of Two Cases' Part 5: Lines of Lawscapes 13. 'Brasília: Utopia Postponed' 14. 'Cyber Cities: Under Construction' 15. 'First We Take Manhattan: Microtopia and Grammatology in Gotham'

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Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos is a reader in the School of Law at the University of Westminster, UK. His main research interests cover phenomenology, autopoiesis, critical legal theory, urban theory, human rights, psychoanalysis, theology, geography and art theory.    

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