Books by Austin Sarat

Regulating the Body
Regulating the Body
2025
Death Penalty in Decline?
Death Penalty in Decline?
2024
Reconceptualizing State of Exc
Reconceptualizing State of Exception
2024
Law, Politics and Family in 't
Law, Politics and Family in 'the Americans'
2023
Interrupting the Legal Person
Interrupting the Legal Person
2022
Law and Illiberalism
Law and Illiberalism
2022
Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
2022
Death Penalty Volumes I and II
Death Penalty Volumes I and II
2021
Law and the Visible
Law and the Visible
2021
Law's Infamy
Law's Infamy
2021
Privatization of Migration Control
Privatization of Migration Control
2021
Law and the Citizen
Law and the Citizen
2020
Criminals and Enemies
Criminals and Enemies
2019
Cultural Expertise and Socio-L
Cultural Expertise and Socio-Legal Studies
2019
Guns in Law
Guns in Law
2019
Legal Intermediation
Legal Intermediation
2019
Trial Films on Trial
Trial Films on Trial
2019
After Imprisonment
After Imprisonment
2018
Devlet Oldurdugunde
Devlet Oldurdugunde
2018
Law and Performance
Law and Performance
2018
Law in the Liberal Arts
Law in the Liberal Arts
2018
Law, Violence, and the Possibility of Justice
Law, Violence, and the Possibility of Justice
2018
Lives of Guns
Lives of Guns
2018
Human Rights and Legal Judgments
Human Rights and Legal Judgments
2017
Law and Mourning
Law and Mourning
2017
Racial Reconciliation and the Healing of a Nation
Racial Reconciliation and the Healing of a Nation
2017
Law's mistakes
Law's mistakes
2016
Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments
Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments
2016
Special Issue : Problematizing
Special Issue : Problematizing Prostitution
2016
Time of Catastrophe
Time of Catastrophe
2016
Law and Lies
Law and Lies
2015
Punishment in Popular Culture
Punishment in Popular Culture
2015
Special Issue Cassandra's Curs
Special Issue Cassandra's Curse
2015
Civil Rights in American Law,
Civil Rights in American Law, History, and Politics
2014
Civility, Legality, and Justice in America
Civility, Legality, and Justice in America
2014
Gruesome Spectacles
Gruesome Spectacles
2014
Intergenerational justice
Intergenerational justice
2014
Knowing the suffering of other
Knowing the suffering of others
2014
Law and the Utopian Imagination
Law and the Utopian Imagination
2014
Punitive Imagination
Punitive Imagination
2014
Studies in Law, Politics and S
Studies in Law, Politics and Society Vol. 63
2014
World Without Privacy
World Without Privacy
2014
From Economy to Society?
From Economy to Society?
2013
Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society
Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society
2013
Reimagining to Kill a Mockingb
Reimagining to Kill a Mockingbird
2013
Reimagining To Kill A Mockingbird Family Community And The Possibility Of Equal Justice Under Law
Reimagining To Kill A Mockingbird Family Community And The Possibility Of Equal Justice Under Law
2013
Special Issue : Who Belongs?
Special Issue : Who Belongs?
2013
Dissenting voices in American
Dissenting voices in American society
2012
Imagining new legalities
Imagining new legalities
2012
Legal Responses to Religious Practices in the United States
Legal Responses to Religious Practices in the United States
2012
Secrets of Law
Secrets of Law
2012
The secrets of law
The secrets of law
2012
Imagining legality
Imagining legality
2011
Is the death penalty dying?
Is the death penalty dying?
2011
Law as punishment/law as regul
Law as punishment/law as regulation
2011
Performances of Violence
Performances of Violence
2011
Special Issue Human Rights New Possibilitiesnew Problems
Special Issue Human Rights New Possibilitiesnew Problems
2011
Studies in Law, Politics, and
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 55
2011
Teaching law and literature
Teaching law and literature
2011
Who Deserves to Die?
Who Deserves to Die?
2011
Dissent in Dangerous Times
Dissent in Dangerous Times
2010
Interdisciplinary legal studies
Interdisciplinary legal studies
2010
Law and the humanities
Law and the humanities
2010
Law and the stranger
Law and the stranger
2010
Law Firms Legal Culture And Legal Practice Special Issue
Law Firms Legal Culture And Legal Practice Special Issue
2010
Law Without Nations
Law Without Nations
2010
Sovereignty, Emergency, Legali
Sovereignty, Emergency, Legality
2010
Special Issue : Interdisciplin
Special Issue : Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
2010
Special Issue : Law Firms, Leg
Special Issue : Law Firms, Legal Culture and Legal Practice
2010
Speech and silence in American law
Speech and silence in American law
2010
When governments break the law
When governments break the law
2010
Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory
Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory
2009
Law in the Domains of Culture
Law in the Domains of Culture
2009
Law's Madness
Law's Madness
2009
New perspectives on crime and criminal justice
New perspectives on crime and criminal justice
2009
Rhetoric of Law
Rhetoric of Law
2009
Studies in Law, Politcs, and S
Studies in Law, Politcs, and Society
2009
Studies in Law, Politics, and
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society : Special Issue
2009
When Law Fails: Making Sense of the Miscarriages of Justice
When Law Fails: Making Sense of the Miscarriages of Justice
2009
Cultural Lives of Cause Lawyer
Cultural Lives of Cause Lawyers
2008
Law and literature reconsidered
Law and literature reconsidered
2008
Legal Rights
Legal Rights
2008
Special Issue Vol. 41
Special Issue Vol. 41
2008
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 42
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 42
2008
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 41: Special Issue
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 41: Special Issue
2008
The cultural lives of cause lawyers
The cultural lives of cause lawyers
2008
Law and catastrophe
Law and catastrophe
2007
Law and Society Reconsidered
Law and Society Reconsidered
2007
Law and the sacred
Law and the sacred
2007
States of Violence
States of Violence
2007
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 40 (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society) (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society)
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 40 (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society) (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society)
2007
Cause lawyers and social movements
Cause lawyers and social movements
2006
Forgiveness, mercy, and clemency
Forgiveness, mercy, and clemency
2006
From lynch mobs to the killing state
From lynch mobs to the killing state
2006
How law knows
How law knows
2006
Place of Law
Place of Law
2006
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
2006
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 38 (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society)
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 38 (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society)
2006
Crime and Punishment, Volume 37
Crime and Punishment, Volume 37
2005
Cultural Lives of Capital Puni
Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment
2005
Lives in the law
Lives in the law
2005
Mercy on trial
Mercy on trial
2005
Studies in Law, Politics and Society (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society) (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society)
Studies in Law, Politics and Society (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society) (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society)
2005
The cultural lives of capital punishment
The cultural lives of capital punishment
2005
The limits of law
The limits of law
2005
The worlds cause lawyers make
The worlds cause lawyers make
2005
The Blackwell companion to law and society
The Blackwell companion to law and society
2004
The Companion to Law and Society
The Companion to Law and Society
2004
Law's Madness (The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought)
Law's Madness (The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought)
2003
Punishment, Politics and Cultu
Punishment, Politics and Culture. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 30
2003
Studies in Law, Politics and S
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 28
2003
History, memory, and the law
History, memory, and the law
2002
Looking Back at Law's Century
Looking Back at Law's Century
2002
Cause lawyering and the state in a global era
Cause lawyering and the state in a global era
2001
Cause Lawyering and the State
Cause Lawyering and the State in a Global Era. Oxford Socio-Legal Studies
2001
Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law
Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law
2001
Judges and sentencing
Judges and sentencing
2001
Law and war
Law and war
2001
Pain, death, and the law
Pain, death, and the law
2001
Pain, Death, and the Law (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
Pain, Death, and the Law (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
2001
When the State Kills
When the State Kills
2001
Crime, Justice & Punishment
Crime, Justice & Punishment
2000
History, Memory, and the Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
History, Memory, and the Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
1999
Major unsolved crimes
Major unsolved crimes
1999
Social science, social policy, and the law
Social science, social policy, and the law
1999
Cause Lawyering
Cause Lawyering
1998
Everyday practices and trouble cases
Everyday practices and trouble cases
1998
How does law matter?
How does law matter?
1998
Justice and power in sociolegal studies
Justice and power in sociolegal studies
1998
Law in the Domains of Culture (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
Law in the Domains of Culture (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
1998
The killing state
The killing state
1998
Identities, Politics, and Righ
Identities, Politics, and Rights
1997
Race, Law, and Culture
Race, Law, and Culture
1997
The Rhetoric of law
The Rhetoric of law
1996
Divorce lawyers and their clients
Divorce lawyers and their clients
1995
Identities, Politics, and Rights (The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought)
Identities, Politics, and Rights (The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought)
1995
Law in Everyday Life
Law in Everyday Life
1995
The Rhetoric of Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
The Rhetoric of Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
1994
Fate of Law
Fate of Law
1993
Law's violence
Law's violence
1992
Trends and opportunities in disputing research
Trends and opportunities in disputing research
1992
The Fate of Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
The Fate of Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)
1991
Legal realism in lawyer-client
Legal realism in lawyer-client communications
1987
Death Penalty on the Ballot
Death Penalty on the Ballot
1900
Hollywood's Law
Hollywood's Law