Law and society : an introduction
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Law and society : an introduction
Routledge, 2024
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Summary on half t.p.:The new third edition of Law and Society provides a balanced, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive overview of law as an essential social institution that both shapes and is shaped by society. Between this book's covers, readers will find the theoretical and conceptual contributions of anthropologists, historians, law professors, political scientists, philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists. By synthesizing this wide range of perspectives, the book provides readers with a nuanced and in-depth context to think about, discuss, and analyze current trends, issues, and events. Through this book, readers will also grasp the many ways law affects the lives of individuals and, more generally, how law and society affect each other in matters such as dispute settlement, criminal law, social movements, inequality, and social control
Includes bibliographies and index
Contents of Works
- The social nature and significance of law
- Defining law
- Understanding law and society : early approaches and contemporary perspectives
- Families of law
- Types of law
- Law and dispute processing
- Dispute processing in the United States
- Law and social control
- Law and social change
- Law and inequality
- The legal profession
- Courts and juries
