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The Law Is A White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons.
by Dayan, Colin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0691070911
- ISBN 13
- 9780691070919
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Princeton University Press: Princeton, 2011. 343ps. Black Cloth. a touch of rubbing, otherwise as new. Unclipped pictorial jacket has light wear, otherwise as new. The book tackles key societal questions: How does the law construct our identities? How do its rules and sanctions make or unmake persons? And how do the supposedly rational claims of the law define marginal entities, both natural and supernatural, including ghosts, dogs, slaves, terrorist suspects, and felons? . 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026200
- Title
- The Law Is A White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons.
- Author
- Dayan, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0691070911
- ISBN 13
- 9780691070919
- Publisher
- Princeton
- Place of Publication
- Princeton University Press
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- Octavo
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The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
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About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Fine
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