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Law in Perspective: Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking Paperback – 1 August 2005

by Michael Head (Author), Scott Mann (Author)
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Law in Perspective: Ethics, critical thinking and research
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Encourages critical, responsible and creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and as a social institution. It explores the relationships between law, logic and science, examines the socio-economic role of law and asks what role the legal system plays in alleviating or exacerbating contemporary social problems, such as crime and punishment, terrorism, refugees and tort law reform.
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  1. Print length
    432 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    UNSW Press
  4. Publication date
    1 August 2005
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0868408344
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0868408347
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About the Author

Dr Michael Head is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Western Sydney. Michael praviously taught law at LaTrobe, University of Adelaide and ANU in the 1970s, and returned to academic life in 1998 after two decades as editor of a socialist newspaper. Michael publishes regularly in the fields of socialist legal theory, civil liberties and refugee law and is editor of the University of Western Sydney Law Review. Dr Scott Mann has taught philosophy, psychology and critical social theory in the Universities of Sussex, Sydney, New South Wales and Western Sydney. He has had many years experience teaching in adult education with the WEA and has published books on psychoanalysis and society, and the sociology of religion.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ UNSW Press; New edition (1 August 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0868408344
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0868408347
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm

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