This invaluable guide offers a lateral, critical and often unexpected description of some of the most important cities in the world, each one from a distinctive legal perspective.

Introduction: 'In the Lawscape' Part 1: Architectonics of Power 1. 'Berlin: The Untrusted Centre of the Law' 2. 'Moscow: Third Rome, Model Communist City, Eurasian Antagonist - and Power as No-Power?' 3. 'Istanbul, Political Islam and the Law: the Paradox of Modernity' Part 2: Streets of the Real 4. 'Homophobic Violence in London: Challenging Assumptions about Strangers, Dangers and Safety in the City' 5. 'Singapore: The One-Night Stand with the Law, Lah' 6. 'Panjim: Realms of Law and Imagination' Part 3: Legality, Illegality, Legitimacy 7. 'Athens: The Boundless City and the Crisis of Law' 8. 'Mexico City: The City and its Law in Eight Episodes, 1940 - 2005' 9. 'Law and the Poor: The Case of Dar es Salaam' Part 4: The Other Intramuros 10. 'Toronto: A 'Multicultural' Urban Order' 11. 'Sydney: Aspiration, Asylum and the Denial of the 'Right to the City'' 12. 'Johannesburg: A Tale of Two Cases' Part 5: Lines of Lawscapes 13. 'Brasília: Utopia Postponed' 14. 'Cyber Cities: Under Construction' 15. 'First We Take Manhattan: Microtopia and Grammatology in Gotham'