Trial Transcript as Political Theory: Principles and Performance in the Penn-Mead Case.
Political theorists can at times forget that the origins of political theory lie in the struggles of concrete political life. This paper focuses on one arena of political contestation: the collision between dissenters and their communities’ legal systems. It focuses on The Peoples Ancient and Just L...
| Publicado en: | Political Theory Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 775 - 809 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec2013
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