The Structural Limits of the Law

ISBN : 9781032775814

Author : Stephen M. Young

Publisher : Routledge

Year : 2025

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : This book examines how, in response to crises, law tends to construct singular ‘events’ that obscure the underlying structural causes that any adequate response needs to acknowledge and address. Litigation is the main legal process that constructs events through a narrative that describes what happened and prescribes what should happen. Courts are theatres with competing stories and intense controversies. The legal event is compelling. But, through the examination of several cases from a range of jurisdictions, this book argues that the ability to construct

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