Injury and Injustice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24223239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Bloom (0000-0003-4675-437X, Civil Justice Research Initiative, Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 241-256 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Law and Social Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1550-3585 • E-ISSN: 1550-3631 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101518-043000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
This review examines the state of scholarship on the politics of injury law, a relatively neglected field. I argue that injury law is an important site of political contestation, particularly for social and economic minorities, that should receive much more attention from law and social science scholars. Drawing on past research from other areas of legal inquiry, especially rights litigation, I suggest that the political significance of injury law tracks along two key dimensions—the institutional and the symbolic—and that both dimensions deserve greater study. I also argue for collaborative research with legal practitioners, who have significant experiential knowledge to offer about how power operates in this space. The need for this research has perhaps never been greater, as corporate and other interests increasingly move to neutralize this historically important site of political contestation.
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |