In this book, editor Austin Sarat presents readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles investigating various aspects of the intersection of law, politics, and contemporary society throughout the world. The six contributions that make up the main body of the text are devoted to comparing accounts of capital punishment in the radical and mainstream press; abortion law, the Supreme Court, and the Republican regime; the legal politics of time in emergencies; gendered racialization and Muslim Americans; and a variety of other related subjects. The editor is a faculty member of Amherst College in Massachusetts.

Edited by Austin Sarat, Department of Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought and Political Science, Amherst College, USA

A Twice-Told Story: Comparing Accounts of Capital Punishment in the Radical and Mainstream Press - Austin Sarat, Kyra Ellis-Moore, Abraham Kanter, Christina Won and Abigail Xu Why Roe Still Stands: Abortion Law, the Supreme Court, and the Republican Regime - Thomas M. Keck and Kevin J. McMahon The Legal Politics of Time in Emergencies: Ticking-Time in the Israeli High Court of Justice - Karin Loevy Between Society and the State: Gendered Racialization and Muslim Americans - Hajer Al-Faham with Rose Ernst The “Law of Alternatives”: Conflict Resolution as the Art of Reconstruction – Michal Alberstein Decolonization and the Right of Self-Determination for the Pacific - Valmaine Toki