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Transformations Of Law And Place: Introduction To The Articles By Buchanan, Darian-Smith, Maurer, And Aman, David M. Engel
Transformations Of Law And Place: Introduction To The Articles By Buchanan, Darian-Smith, Maurer, And Aman, David M. Engel
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
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Legal Imagery In The "Garden Of England", Eve Darian-Smith
Legal Imagery In The "Garden Of England", Eve Darian-Smith
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Ms. Darian-Smith explores the relationship between law and the
concept of "landscapes, "which she describes as the spatial imagery
through which law is conceived and from which it draws meaning.
She first defines the complex and historically rich concept of the
"garden image," both in general and as it is seen in (and by)
England, its people, and its surrounding political, cultural, and
spatial contexts. In general terms, the garden image is injected into
issues of environmental law. Further, she notes that the garden has
been a fluid, ever-changing concept for England's society and its
developing legal system. Specifically, Darian-Smith …
Border Crossings: Nafta, Regulatory Restructuring, And The Politics Of Place, Ruth Buchanan
Border Crossings: Nafta, Regulatory Restructuring, And The Politics Of Place, Ruth Buchanan
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Professor Buchanan begins her paper by questioning whether
recent economic and political shifts towards notions of
"globalization" (e.g., the NAFTA) have failed to consider the
politics or economics of change in particular places. Her prime
example of a "place" where integration is illogically forced against
a background of differentiation is the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Through the scope of a "regulatory complex" (a complex of legal,
institutional, regulatory, and social orderings), she departs from the
common view of the NAFTA as a productive tool of North American
integration, and instead views the NAFTA as exacerbating
"differences between localities, industries, and labor …
Law Writing, Immigration, And Globalization In The British Virgin Islands, Bill Maurer
Law Writing, Immigration, And Globalization In The British Virgin Islands, Bill Maurer
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
In this article Mr. Bill Maurer addresses a fundamental tension
at work in the British Virgin Islands: while British Virgin Islanders
(BVIslanders) proudly term themselves a "law and order" people
and seek to distinguish themselves from other Caribbean peoples,
the territory remains as wedded as ever to its British rulers and the
West. Mr. Maurer first notes that when a colonial people begins to
view itself as essentially different from its rulers, it may begin a
concomitant move toward self-rule. He shows that while the BVI
exhibits many attributes of such a territory, BVIslanders consider
their ties to Britain a …