Book Review: Contract Law and the Legislature: Autonomy, Expectations, and the Making of Legal Doctrine
| Date | 01 April 2022 |
| Published date | 01 April 2022 |
| Author | Livashnee Naidoo |
| DOI | 10.1177/09646639211029998 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
how we might undertake the dual strategy of both showing how the law shapes geological
life, and how the lawful relations emerge out of and work in concert with planetary pro-
cesses and systems. Clark and Szerszynski’s important book, which develops new stra-
tegies for social theory in the context of today’s climate crisis, helps establish the
coordinates at stake in taking up ‘the Anthropocene challenge’for law. As the climate
crisis continues to intensify and political mobilisations for climate justice gain traction,
taking up this challenge within socio-legal studies remains an urgent task.
DANIEL MATTHEWS
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ORCID iD
DANIEL MATTHEWS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2629-7749
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ISBN 978-1-50992-610-7, £100 (hbk).
The chapters in this collection derive from a workshop held at York Law School in
January 2019. Much like its earlier counterpart, Tort Law and the Legislature:
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