The Blackwell companion to law and society / edited by Austin Sarat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarat, Austin.

Series:

Blackwell companions to sociology.

Blackwell companions to sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Social aspects.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (690 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society is an authoritative study of the relationship between law and social interaction. Thirty-two original essays by an international group of expert scholars examine a wide range of critical questions. Authors represent various theoretical, methodological, and political commitments, creating the first truly global overview of the field. Examines the relationship between law and social interactions in thirty-three original essay by international experts in the field. Reflects the world-wide significance of North American law

Contents:

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Vitality Amidst Fragmentation: On the Emergence of Postrealist Law and Society Scholarship; PART I PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LAWAND SOCIETY RESEARCH; 2 Law in Social Theory and Social Theory in the Study of Law; 3 Profession, Science, and Culture: An Emergent Canon of Law and Society Research; PART II THE CULTURAL LIFE OF LAW; 4 The Work of Rights and the Work Rights Do: A Critical Empirical Approach; 5 Consciousness and Ideology; 6 Law in Popular Culture; 7 Comparing Legal Cultures

PART III INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS8 The Police and Policing; 9 Professional Power: Lawyers and the Constitution of Professional Authority; 10 Courts and Judges; 11 Jurors and Juries; 12 Regulators and Regulatory Processes; 13 The Legal Lives of Private Organizations; PART IV DOMAINS OF POLICY; 14 Legal Regulation of Families in Changing Societies; 15 Culture, ''Kulturkampf,'' and Beyond: The Antidiscrimination Principle under the Jurisprudence of Backlash; 16 The Government of Risks; 17 Thinking About Criminal Justice: Sociolegal Expertise and the Modernization of American Criminal Justice

18 Rights in the Shadow of Class: Poverty, Welfare, and the Law19 Immigration; 20 Commodity Culture, Private Censorship, Branded Environments, and Global Trade Politics: Intellectual Property as a Topic of Law and Society Research; 21 Legal Categorizations and Religion: On Politics of Modernity, Practices, Faith, and Power ́; 22 The Role of Social Science in Legal Decisions; PART V HOW DOES LAW MATTER?; 23 Procedural Justice; 24 A Tale of Two Genres: On the Real and Ideal Links Between Law and Society and Critical Race Theory

25 The Constitution of Identity: Gender, Feminist Legal Theory, and the Law and Society Movement26 Sexuality in Law and Society Scholarship; 27 Law and Social Movements; 28 ''The Dog That Didn't Bark'': A Sociolegal Tale of Law, Democracy, and Elections; PART VI STUDYING GLOBALIZATION: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE; 29 Ethnographies of Law; 30 Colonial and Postcolonial Law; 31 Human Rights; 32 The Rule of Law and Economic Development in a Global Era; 33 Economic Globalization and the Law in the Twenty-first Century; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786611309657

9781281309655

1281309656

9781780341149

1780341148

9781405166638

1405166630

9780470693650

0470693657

9780470692912

047069291X

OCLC:

214282104