Material Law: The Jurisprudence of What\u27s Real

Maps and territories, pregnancy, the body of the judges and videos on the Web are legally constituted terrain. De Facto reality allows some forms of segregation to be constitutional and places like the occupied territory of Puerto Rico to only partially constituted. The authority of law is traced in contexts as broad as consumption and as distinct as the Supreme Court building. While the authoritative link between law and reality may seem less evident in the global environment, the sites explored here show at least some fo the ways law constitutes life