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The Opinion Volume 38 Number 5 – November 4, 1997, The Opinion Nov 1997

The Opinion Volume 38 Number 5 – November 4, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated November 04, 1997. Misidentified as Number 3.


The Opinion Volume 38 Number 4 – October 6, 1997, The Opinion Oct 1997

The Opinion Volume 38 Number 4 – October 6, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated October 06, 1997. Misidentified as Number 3.


The Opinion Volume 38 Number 3 – September 23, 1997, The Opinion Sep 1997

The Opinion Volume 38 Number 3 – September 23, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated September 23, 1997


The Opinion Volume 38 Number 2 – September 15, 1997, The Opinion Sep 1997

The Opinion Volume 38 Number 2 – September 15, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated September 15, 1997


Cultural Criticism Of Law, Guyora Binder, Robert Weisberg May 1997

Cultural Criticism Of Law, Guyora Binder, Robert Weisberg

Journal Articles

Professors Binder and Weisberg expound a "cultural criticism" of law that views law as an arena for composing, representing, and contesting identity, and that treats identity as constitutive of the interests that motivate instrumental action. They explicate this critical method by reference to "New Historicist" literary criticism, postmodern social theory, and Nietzchean aesthetics. They illustrate this method by reviewing recent scholarship of two kinds: First, they explore how legal disputes take on expressive meaning for parties and observers against the background of legal norms regulating or recognizing identities. Second, they examine "readings" of the representations of character, credit, and value …


The Opinion Volume 37 Number 12 – April 30, 1997, The Opinion Apr 1997

The Opinion Volume 37 Number 12 – April 30, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated April 30, 1997


The Opinion Volume 37 Number 11 – April 16, 1997, The Opinion Apr 1997

The Opinion Volume 37 Number 11 – April 16, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated April 16, 1997


The Opinion Volume 37 Number 10 – April 2, 1997, The Opinion Apr 1997

The Opinion Volume 37 Number 10 – April 2, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated April 02, 1997. Includes Onion spoof issue overwrap.


The Opinion Volume 37 Number 9 – March 12, 1997, The Opinion Mar 1997

The Opinion Volume 37 Number 9 – March 12, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated March 12, 1997


The Opinion Volume 37 Number 8 – February 26, 1997, The Opinion Feb 1997

The Opinion Volume 37 Number 8 – February 26, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated February 26, 1997


The Opinion Volume 37 Number 7 – February 12, 1997, The Opinion Feb 1997

The Opinion Volume 37 Number 7 – February 12, 1997, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated February 12, 1997


Labor – Free Or Coerced? An Historical Reassessment Of Differences And Similarities, Robert J. Steinfeld, Stanley L. Engerman Jan 1997

Labor – Free Or Coerced? An Historical Reassessment Of Differences And Similarities, Robert J. Steinfeld, Stanley L. Engerman

Contributions to Books

Published in Free and Unfree Labour: The Debate Continues, Tom Brass & Marcel van der Linden, eds.