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Legal Control of Marginal Groups

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ID12795232
AuthorsForrest Stuart (0000-0003-4840-2124, University of Chicago, corresponding author), Amada Armenta (0000-0001-9878-0954, University of Pennsylvania), Melissa Osborne (0000-0002-5259-1880, University of Chicago)
Year2015
Volume11
Issue1
Pages235-254
Publication date2015-11-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Law and Social Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1550-3585 • E-ISSN: 1550-3631
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-120814-121433
OpenAlexW1683569300
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited154

The legal control of marginal groups is a central topic in social scientific and legal scholarship. Examining the most influential research produced over the past two decades, as well as a broad collection of foundational and exemplary texts, this review addresses two overarching questions: First, what does it mean to study the legal control of marginal groups in the twenty-first century? Second, what are the recent developments, lingering concerns, and future directions of this work? We identify and examine the two most prevalent discussions found in contemporary research. The first centers on the practices of legal control, and the second focuses attention on the effects of these practices on their potential targets. Throughout the article, we draw specific attention to the need for future studies to more systematically account for the agency of, and ground-level dynamics impacting, both the controllers and the controlled

Agency (philosophy · Control (management · Economics · Empirical legal studies · Law and economics · Legal research · Management · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Engineering · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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Citations per year5,5
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
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