The book offers a lateral, critical and often unexpected description of some of the most important cities in the world, each one from a distinct legal perspective. As such, the book is an invaluable 'guide' on how to adopt a different approach to a city and its history, culture and everyday experience. It takes advantage both of the generalised interest in cities evinced in the general literature, as well the need to present a contextualised form of law, namely a law that can be 'felt' in its proper environment of consumption and production. The book offers an innovative collection of truly global dimensions which enlightens and, at the same time, problematises the reader.
Introduction: 'In the Lawscape', Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos;
PART I: Architectonics of Power; Chris Thornhil, 'Berlin: The Untrusted
Centre of the Law'; Bill Bowring, 'Moscow: Third Rome, Model Communist City,
Eurasian Antagonist - and Power as No-Power?'; Penny Green, 'Istanbul,
Political Islam and the Law: the Paradox of Modernity'; PART II: Streets of
the Real; Leslie Moran, 'Homophobic Violence in London: Challenging
Assumptions about Strangers, Dangers and Safety in the City'; Thilo Tetzlaff,
'Singapore: The One-Night Stand with the Law, Lah'; Jason Fernandes, 'Panjim:
Realms of Law and Imagination'; PART III: Legality/Illegality/Legitimacy;
Julia H. Chryssostalis, 'Athens: Nomos, Nom, and Paranomia, or the Boundless
City and the Crisis of Law'; Antonio Azuela, 'Mexico City: The City and its
Law in Eight Episodes, 1940 - 2005'; Patrick McAuslan, 'Law and the Poor: the
Case of Dar es Salaam; PART IV: The Other Intramuros; Mariana Valverde,
'Toronto: A 'Multicultural' Urban Order'; Chris Butler, 'Sydney: Aspiration,
Asylum and the Denial of the 'Right to the City"; Johan van der Walt,
'Johannesburg: A Tale of Two Cases'; PART V: Lines of Lawscapes; Peter
Goodrich, 'First We Take Manhattan: Microtopia and Grammatology in Gotham';
Bela Chatterjee, 'Cyber Cities: Under Construction'; Andreas
Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, 'Braslia: Utopia Postponed'
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, LLB (Thessaloniki), LLM (Cambridge), PhD (London) is a Reader in Law, University of Westminster.
