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This timely Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings on the relationship between law and geography. In so doing, it has fostered the creation of an intellectual forum for scholars and students in related disciplines, who have - until now - been working in parallel, rather than in tandem. Although a recent area of study, the intersection between these fields is becoming increasingly important with the recognition that space is socially produced and that it is riddled with power relations.The chapters in this Reader are organized around geographic scale - local, national, global - and each section includes an introductory essay contextualizing the selections and explaining their contribution. The topics covered include public space, local racisms, property and the city, environmental regulation, state formation and decentralization and international-global legalities. A comprehensive introduction reviews the current state of the field.Representing some of the most provocative and interesting approaches to law and geography by an interdisciplinary group of acclaimed contributors, Legal Geographies Reader will serve as an important reference source to this expanding field.

Law and geography --- Law --- Political geography --- Human geography

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This volume explores the relationship between law and geography especially with respect to taken-for-granted distinctions between the social and the material, the human and non-human and what constitutes persons and things.

Law and geography --- Culture and law --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law, General & Comparative --- Law and culture --- Law --- Geography and law --- Geography

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The Supreme Court has emphasized that expressive liberties require 'breathing space' in which to thrive. At a minimum, speakers need places in which to assemble, speak, and petition government. This book is a comprehensive examination of First Amendment rights in public places. It shows that the literal ground beneath speakers' feet has been steadily eroding, from personal spaces to college campuses and to once vast and important inscribed places, such as public parks and public squares. Through the study of 'expressive topography', this book considers a variety of contemporary speech contests including restrictions on abortion clinic sidewalk counselors, protests at military funerals, and restrictions on assembly and speech at political conventions. Countering or reversing these forces will require a focused and sustained effort by public officials, courts, and, of course, the people themselves.

Freedom of speech --- Assembly, Right of --- Law and geography --- Geography and law --- Geography --- Law --- General and Others

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Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Anthropogéographie --- Biogéographie humaine --- Cultural geography --- Distribution géographique de l'homme --- Espace géographique --- Geografie [Menselijke ] --- Geographical distribution of man --- Geography [Cultural ] --- Geography [Human ] --- Geography [Social ] --- Géographie humaine --- Homme -- Distribution géographique --- Human geography --- Menselijke geografie --- Mobilité sociale --- Oecoumène --- Oekoumène --- Social geography --- Social mobility --- Sociale mobiliteit --- Écoumène --- Ékoumène --- Law and geography. --- Law --- Human geography. --- Political geography. --- Social mobility. --- Interpretation and construction. --- Interpretation and construction

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A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, piracy, convict transportation, martial law, and crime created irregular spaces of law, while also attaching legal meanings to familiar geographic categories such as rivers, oceans, islands, and mountains. The resulting legal and spatial anomalies influenced debates about imperial constitutions and international law both in the colonies and at home. This study changes our understanding of empire and its legacies and opens new perspectives on the global history of law.

Law and geography --- Sovereignty. --- Sovereignty --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- International law --- Political science --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Self-determination, National --- Geography and law --- Geography --- History --- Law and legislation --- Europe --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Boundaries --- History. --- History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1800-1899