Invitation to law & society : an introduction to the study of real law / Kitty Calavita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calavita, Kitty, author.

Series:

Chicago series in law and society

The Chicago series in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociological jurisprudence.

Law--Social aspects--United States.

Law.

Law--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 228 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Invitation to law and society

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Summary:

Law and society is a rapidly growing field that turns the conventional view of law as mythical abstraction on its head. Kitty Calavita brilliantly brings to life the ways in which law is found not only in statutes and courtrooms but in our institutions and interactions, while inviting readers into conversations that introduce the field's dominant themes and most lively disagreements. Deftly interweaving scholarship with familiar examples, Calavita shows how scholars in the discipline are collectively engaged in a subversive expose of law's public mythology. While surveying prominent issues and distinctive approaches to both law as it is written and actual legal practices, as well as the law's potential as a tool for social change, this volume provides a view of law that is more real but just as compelling as its mythic counterpart. With this second edition of Invitation to law and Society, Kitty Calavita brings up to date what is arguably the leading introduction to this exciting, evolving field of inquiry and adds a new chapter on the growing law and cultural studies movement. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Types of society, types of law

Law in the everyday, everywhere

The color of law

Many laws, many orders

The talk versus the walk of law

Law and social justice: plus ça change ...

Reflecting on law's image: an inward turn?

Conclusion.

ISBN:

9780226296449

022629644X

9780226296586

022629658X

OCLC:

908838742