History, Memory, and the Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought) by Austin Sarat
English | Aug. 1, 2002 | ISBN: 0472088998 | 337 Pages | PDF | 18 MB
The essays in this book examine law as an active participant in the process through which history is written and memory is constructed. Instead of seeing law as a "victim" of history, the writers treat law as an author of history, not just in the instrumental sense in which law can be said to make a difference in society, but in the ways that law constructs and uses history.