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Inquiry and Activism in Law and Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Frank Munger
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Extract

Two events in the past twelve months have made me think about the law and society field and activism—two events and many years of telling myself that our field is about more than research.

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Presidential Address
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Law & Society Review , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , 2001 , pp. 7 - 20
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Copyright © 2000 by the Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

I have incurred many debts along the way to this presidential address, some going back to graduate school and the origins of my interest in the relationship between activism and social science research. I am particularly indebted to two friends who read many drafts, helped me bridge gaps in my thoughts, and struggled to make my prose coherent—Carroll Seron and David Engel. Many contributed valuable ideas and criticism as well as good advice about further readings, which I faithfully pursued even though I could not discuss them all in the short text that I had to prepare. They include Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Sara Cobb, Pablo DeGreiff, Bryant Garth, Christine Harrington, Susan Hirsch, Sally Merry, Kim Scheppele, Ann Shalleck, and Mariana Valverde.

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