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Material Worlds: Intersections of Law, Science, Technology, and Society

ISBN: 978-1-4443-6152-0
Paperback
188 pages
March 2012, Wiley-Blackwell
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A study of the existing and future research on the intersections between law and materiality, leading to the illumination of both.
  • A theoretically innovative book exploring the intersections between law and materiality
  • Offers new perspectives on a variety of high profile controversial subjects, including climate change, public health, genetics, crime, biomedical technology
  • Investigates the futures of both the sociology of law and the study of science and technology from a novel, interdisciplinary vantage point
  • Illustrates a wide range of empirical topics to provide a focus for critical reflection on the nature of cross-disciplinary research
  • Illuminates relationships between transnational regulation and local practices and the relation between social agency and material worlds