Identities, politics, and rights

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The subject of rights occupies a central place in liberal political thought. This tradition posits that rights are entitlements of individuals by virtue of their personhood and that rights stand ap...

Legal Rights

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Cultural pluralism, identity politics, and the law

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The essays in Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law, written by scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical inclinations, challenge orthodox understandings of the nature of...

Human Rights

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"Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human righ...

Law's madness

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The Place of Law

By Austin Sarat, Martha Umphrey, Lawrence Douglas

Is the death penalty dying

By Austin Sarat, Ju Rgen Martschukat

Sovereignty emergency legality

By Austin Sarat

"It is widely recognized that times of national emergency put legality to its greatest test. In such times we rely on sovereign power to rescue us, to hold the danger at bay. Yet that power can and...

The Cultural Lives of Cause Lawyers

By Austin Sarat, Stuart Scheingold

Is the Death Penalty Dying?: European and American Perspectives

By Jurgen Martschukat, Austin Sarat