Violence, Imagination, and Resistance: Socio-Legal Interrogations of Power - Paperback

by Mariful Alam (Editor), Patrick Dwyer (Editor), Katrin Roots (Editor)

A survey of legal discourse and ways to resist its disciplining power.

Violence, Imagination, and Resistance examines the concrete mechanisms by which the law represses, disciplines, and punishes members of society. In so doing, contributors reveal ways to deconstruct the law's power, to expose its violence, and to identify avenues for resistance with transformative potential. These essays contribute to efforts to resist settler colonialism, racism, and violence in Canada.

Author Biography

Mariful Alam and Patrick Dwyer are PhD candidates in sociolegal studies at York University in Toronto. Katrin Roots is assistant professor of criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.