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Editors’ Introduction: Indignation, Socio-Economic Inequality and the Role of Law

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Editors’ Introduction: Indignation, Socio-Economic Inequality and the Role of Law
Abstract
English Abstract: This volume of the Oñati Socio-legal Series consists of revised versions of 15 of the 20 papers presented at a workshop hosted by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in May 2013. The workshop took its theme from Stéphane Hessel’s cri de coeur, Indignez-vous! and the protest movements it inspired, which we saw as protests against the social inequality that necessarily follows from economic inequality and other power imbalances. This message continues to resonate. In 2015, for example, Oxfam International’s research paper entitled “Wealth: Having it all and wanting more” concludes that by 2016, the world’s richest 1% will have more of the world’s wealth than all of the remaining 99% of people. And a Canadian observer decries the effect of this – which he labels “trickle-down meanness” – on the socio-political fabric of a country.
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SSRN Scholarly Paper
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2572253
Place
Rochester, NY
Date
2015-03-02
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9/11/23, 12:04 AM
Short Title
Editors’ Introduction
Language
en
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Social Science Research Network
Citation
Matthews Glenn, J., Smit, A., & Fortin, V. (2015). Editors’ Introduction: Indignation, Socio-Economic Inequality and the Role of Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 2572253). https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2572253
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