This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice. Topics include forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality, and Delaney demonstrates throughout that...
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This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice. Topics include forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality, and Delaney demonstrates throughout that nearly any construal of 'nature' entails an interpretation of what it is to be (distinctively) human
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-422) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: THE PRAGMATICS OF NATURE AND THE SITUATION OF LAW; CHAPTER TWO THE NATURE OF MODERN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: DOING THINGS WITH NATURE; CHAPTER THREE THE NATURES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE; CHAPTER FOUR THE NATURES OF LEGAL DISCOURSE; CHAPTER FIVE THE NATURES OF LEGAL PRACTICE; CHAPTER SIX IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE: LAW AND THE FORCES OF NATURE; CHAPTER SEVEN DOCTRINAL WILDERNESS AND THE PATH OF INTERPRETATION: LAW AND WILDERNESS
CHAPTER EIGHT WILD JUSTICE AND THE ENDANGERMENT OF MEANING: LAW AND ENDANGERED SPECIESCHAPTER NINE PUKA'S CHOICE: LAW AND ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; CHAPTER TEN FEAR OF FALLING: LAW AND BESTIALITY; CHAPTER ELEVEN THE BIRTHS OF NATURE AND TRADITION: LAW AND REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CHAPTER TWELVE DOCTRINAL MUTATIONS AT THE EDGE OF MEANING: LAW AND GENETIC SCREENING; CHAPTER THIRTEEN RETURN OF THE BEAST WITHIN: LAW AND BIOLOGICAL CRIMINAL DEFENSES; CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONTROLLING DREAMS: LAW AND THE INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION OF PRISONERS; CHAPTER FIFTEEN BEYOND "NATURE": THE MATERIAL LIFE OF THE LEGAL
