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Spatial Categories, Legal Boundaries, and the Judicial Mapping of the Worker

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  • J C Bakan

    (Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Y1, Canada)

  • N K Blomley

    (Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada)

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It is argued that there are important parallels and intersections between critical theoretical analysis in legal studies and in geography. Each critical tradition is sceptical about the ontological status of its disciplinary foundation—‘law’ in legal studies, and ‘space’ in geography. Furthermore, the reification of particular distinctions in legal discourse is deepened by spatial distinctions. A convergence of critical legal and geographic analyses can thus have powerful analytical consequences, and the authors attempt to demonstrate this point by investigating judicial approaches to the regulation of worker health and safety in two federal states, Canada and the United States. They conclude with a discussion of the theoretical and political significance of critical legal geography, and suggest some directions it might take in the future.

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  • J C Bakan & N K Blomley, 1992. "Spatial Categories, Legal Boundaries, and the Judicial Mapping of the Worker," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(5), pages 629-644, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:24:y:1992:i:5:p:629-644
    DOI: 10.1068/a240629
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    1. P Marden, 1992. "‘Real’ Regulation Reconsidered," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(5), pages 751-767, May.
    2. Emily Reid-Musson & Ellen MacEachen & Mary Beckie & Lars Hallström, 2022. "Work without workers: legal geographies of family farm exclusions from labour laws in Alberta, Canada," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 39(3), pages 1027-1038, September.
    3. G L Clark, 1992. "‘Real’ Regulation: The Administrative State," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(5), pages 615-627, May.

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