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The handbook of law and society / edited by Austin Sarat and Patricia Ewick ; contributors, Leisy J. Abrego [and twenty eight others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.
- Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Social aspects.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1140 p.)
- Edition:
- 1
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research Addresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits perennial questions about law in a global world inc
- Contents:
- On the emerging maturity of law & society: an introduction / Patricia Ewick and Austin Sarat
- What is law and society? : definitional disputes / Susan M. Sterrett
- Charting the "classics" in law and society : the development of the field over the past half century / Calvin Morrill and Kelsey Mayo
- Mapping a cultural studies of law / Naomi Mezey
- Legal history / Kunal M. Parker
- Ethnographic and comparative approaches / Susan Bilder Coutin and Veronique Fortin
- Just a thought? : instantiations and constructions of procedural justice / Mary R. Rose
- Lawyers and the legal profession / Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant Garth
- Courts and judges : the legitimacy imperative and the importance of appearances / Keith J. Bybee and Angela Narasimhan
- Jurors and juries / Nancy S. Marder
- Upside down and inside out : regulators and regulatory processes in contemporary perspective / Brownwen Morgan
- Using public law to shaper private organizations / Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash
- Police and policing / Jennifer Wood
- Law and the family / Annie Bunting
- Law & society perspectives on antidiscrimination law / Donna E. Young
- Law & society perspectives on punishment and social control / Keramet Reiter
- Welfare law / Vicki Lens
- Immigration law and immigrants : "lived experiences" / LeisyJ. Abrego
- The return of religion : the rise, decline, and possible resurrection of legal secularism / Nomi Maya Stolzenberg
- Human rights / Heinz Klug
- More than human legalities : advocating an "animal turn" in law and society / Irus Braverman
- Law and disability / Katharina Heyer
- The constitution of identity : law and race / Osagie K. Obasogie
- The constitution of identity : new modalities of nationality, citizenship, belongingand being / Eve Darian-Smith
- The past, present, and future of rights scholarship / Jeffrey Dudas, Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, Michael McCann
- Law and social movements : old debates and new directions / Sandra Levitsky
- The rule of law and economic development : global scripts, vernacular translations / Ritu Birla
- Law in colonialism : legacies and lineages / Renisa Mawani
- Law and globalism : law without the state as law without violence / Julieta Lemaitre.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118701454
- 1118701453
- 9781118701447
- 1118701445
- 9781118701430
- 1118701437
- 9781118701379
- 1118701372
- OCLC:
- 868964804
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