List of Contributors. Foreword (Gordon L. Clark). Preface: Where is law (David Delaney, Richard T. Ford, and Nicholas Blomley). Acknowledgments. . Part I: Legal Places. Section 1: Public Space. Introduction (Nicholas Blomley). 1. The Annihilation of Space by Law: The Roots and Implications of Anti--Homeless Laws in the United States (Don Mitchell). 2. Controlling Chronic Misconduct in City Spaces: Of Panhandlers, Skid Rows and Public--Space Zoning (Robert. C. Ellickson). 3. Girls and the Getaway: Cars, Culture, and the Predicament of Gendered Space (Carol. Sanger). 4. Out of Place: Symbolic Domains, Religious Rights and the Cultural Contract (Davina Cooper). Section 2: Local Racisms and the Law. Introduction (Richard T. Ford). 5. The Boundaries of Responsibility: Interpretations of Geography in School Desegregation Cases (David Delaney). 6. Polluting the Body Politic: Race and Urban Location (David Theo Goldberg). 7. The Boundaries of Race: Political Geography in Legal Analysis (Richard T. Ford). 8. The Legitimacy of Judicial Decision Making in the Context of Richmond v Croson (Gordon L. Clark). Section 3: Property and the City. Introduction (Nicholas Blomley). 9. Landscapes of Property (Nicholas Blomley). 10. Residential Rent Control (Margaret Radin). 11. Suspended in Space: Bedouins Under the Law of Israel (Ronen Shamir). 12. Picturesque Visions (Simon Ryan) . Part II: National Legalities. Section 1: State Formation and Legal Centralization. Introduction (Richard T. Ford). 13. A Legal History of Cities (G. Frug). 14. Territorialization and State Power in Thailand (Peter Vandergeest and Nancy Lee Peluso). 15. Rabies Rides the Fast Train: Transnational Interactions in Post--Colonial Times (Eve Darian--Smith). 16. Lawa s Territory (A history of jurisdiction) (Richard T. Ford). Section 2: Environmental Regulation. Introduction (David Delaney). 17. Property Rights and the Economy of Nature: Understanding Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (Joseph Sax). 18. The Property Rights Movement: How it Began, Where it is Headed (Nancie Marzulla). Part III: Globalization and Law. Introduction (David Delaney). 19. a Let Them Eat Cakea : Globalization, Postmodern Colonialism and the Possibilities of Justice (Susan Silbey). 20. The View from the International Plane: Perspective and Scale in the Architecture of Colonial International Law (Annelise Riles). 21. Border Crossings: NAFTA, Regulatory Restructuring and the Politics of Place (Ruth Buchanan). 22. Anthropological Approaches to Law and Society in Conditions of Globalization (Rosemary Coombe). Index.