Explorations in Legal Geography

Law, Space and Regulation

Mariana Valverde (University of Toronto, Canada)

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English

Routledge
17 October 2025

Social theory; Politics & government; Systems of law; Social law; Human geography

Addressing the issue of scale in governance, legal and extra-legal, the book draws on post-colonial studies, Indigenous geography and empirical and historical studies of the legal logics of Empire.

This book examines legal frameworks across six descending scales. Beginning with a global perspective centred on Global South viewpoints and globalisation critiques, it then explores imperial legal structures. Next, it addresses the nation-state scale, predominant in both mainstream and critical legal scholarship, with particular focus on challenging notions of ethnic homogeneity. The examination continues at the local level, analysing how various governing bodies exercise authority within their jurisdictions. It then narrows to consider ‘home’ as both a physical and legal construct, revealing how property concepts intertwine with social relationships. Finally, it investigates the human body as a governance site through queer legal studies, queer geography, and feminist scholarship that documents how female bodies specifically have become objects of legal and extra-legal control. Concluding by considering the regulatory dilemmas that have plagued authorities as they navigate the various scales of governance considered here.

Explorations in Legal Geography will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of legal geography, socio-legal studies, and criminology.

By: Mariana Valverde (University of Toronto Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781041009832
ISBN 10: 1041009836
Pages: 107
Publication Date: 17 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mariana Valverde is professor emeritus at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto.