ABSTRACT
The geography of law1 Analyzing the spatial impacts and consequences of law is an increasingly important field of research in geography. A paired set of review articles was recently published surveying the field (see Blacksell et al. 1986, Economides et al. 1986), and special sessions on the topic have been held at major conventions (special sessions have been arranged at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers).2 There is a steady, albeit small, stream of articles on the topic in the journals (see, for example, Blomley 1986, Clark 1986a, Johnston 1986). And, most importantly, two books explicitly devoted to analyzing the role of American courts in structuring geographical outcomes were published in the last few years signalling the intellectual intersection between these fields of academic enquiry (Clark 1985a, Johnston 1984). Even lawyers have attempted to introduce geographical context into their analyses (see, for example, Finch & Nagel 1983).
