Austin Sarat's work delves into jurisprudence and political science, focusing on critical perspectives within these fields. His scholarship often examines how legal and political systems are perceived and experienced by ordinary people, and how these structures intersect with individual lives. He also explores the social and cultural implications of law, investigating questions of justice and its realization in contemporary society. His approach is interdisciplinary, aiming to uncover the intricate relationships between law, power, and the human experience.
Uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, and attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of America, in particular the history of lynching. This book looks at how the death penalty gives meaning to race, as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American.
Today’s CEO must be a global leader who also understands that parts of the business must be managed locally. Someone who sets a strategic vision, though industry and technology disruptions will surely threaten that vision. Someone who must live in the future to go to the future, while continuously creating economic and social value. Not an easy task. Harder Than I Thought is a fictional narrative that puts this increasingly complex job in context—by enabling you to walk alongside Jim Barton, the new CEO of Santa Monica Aerospace, as he steps into the role. Barton’s story, developed in consultation with seasoned, reallife CEOs, contains crucial lessons for all leaders hoping to master the new skills required to move into the Csuite.
Combining this rigorous archival research with a poet’s voice, Hayashi vividly portrays how coal towns, settlement houses, municipal swimming pools, state game lands, stadia, and the city’s landmark rivers were all sites of struggle over inclusion and the meaning of play in the Steel City.
This title considers the social and economic aspect of rail closures of the 1960s and beyond and how, in the light od subsequent passenger demand and line re-openings, the original decisions now appear seriously flawed.