Published In
Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-23-2023
Subjects
Human Geography, Social mobility, Law and geography
Abstract
This encyclopedia entry defines and discusses legal geography. Legal geography is an interdisciplinary area of scholarship that focuses on the intersections and co-constitution between law and space and place: that is, how law and legal processes produce space/place, and how particular places in turn influence law. Rather than thinking of law as an abstract, universal, a-spatial set of rules, legal geography examines the ways in which law is situated in place, and how places are shaped by legal practices and processes.
Rights
This is a draft chapter/article. The final version is available in Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography, edited by Loretta Lees and David Demeritt, published in 2023, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883499
The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39384
Citation Details
Griffith, C., S. Klosterkamp, A. Cantor, and A. Kocher. 2023. "Legal Geographies." In Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography, eds. L. Lees and D. Demeritt. Elgar.