Lives in the Balance
Perspectives on Global Injustice and Inequality
Edited by Pat Lauderdale, Arizona State University and Randall Amster, Arizona State University
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Biographical note
Pat Lauderdale, Ph.D. (1980) in Sociology, Stanford University, is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies and is Director of the Justice Studies, Law and Social Sciences Ph.D./J.D. Program at Arizona State University. His recent works includes The Struggle for Control, with Michael Cruit; comparative articles on indigenous jurisprudence; and a revision of Law and Society with James Inverarity.
Randall Amster, J.D. (1991), Brooklyn Law School, is a Doctoral student in the School of Justice Studies, Law and the Social Sciences, at Arizona State University. He was formerly the Associate Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review, in which he published an article analyzing the culpability standard in federal civil rights legislation. His present research interests focus on anarchism, ecology, and resistance.
Randall Amster, J.D. (1991), Brooklyn Law School, is a Doctoral student in the School of Justice Studies, Law and the Social Sciences, at Arizona State University. He was formerly the Associate Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review, in which he published an article analyzing the culpability standard in federal civil rights legislation. His present research interests focus on anarchism, ecology, and resistance.
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