{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-law-and-society-isbn-9781118701461","title":"The Handbook of Law and Society","description":"Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Law and Society\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits perennial questions about law in a global world including the widening gap between codified laws and “law in action”, problems in the implementation of legal decisions, law’s constitutive role in shaping society, the importance of law in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace and resist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law, intersections of law and identity, law’s relationship to social consensus and conflict, and many more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from 38 international expert scholars working in diverse fields at the intersections of legal studies and social sciences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnique in its contributions to this rapidly expanding and important new multi-disciplinary field of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Emerging Maturity of Law and Society: An Introduction  xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Ewick and Austin Sarat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Setting the Stage 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What is Law and Society? Definitional Disputes 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan M. Sterett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Charting the “Classics” in Law and Society: The Development of the Field over the Past Half]Century 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalvin Morrill and Kelsey Mayo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Approaches to the Study of Law as a Social Phenomenon 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Mapping a Cultural Studies of Law 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Mezey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Approaches to the Study of Law as a Social Phenomenon: Legal History 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKunal M. Parker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Legal Ethnographies and Ethnographic Law 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Bibler Coutin and Veronique Fortin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Just a Thought? Instantiations and Constructions of Procedural Justice 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary R. Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Institutional Processes and Actors 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Lawyers and the Legal Profession 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonit Dinovitzer and Bryant Garth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Courts and Judges: The Legitimacy Imperative and the Importance of Appearances 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith J. Bybee and Angela G. Narasimhan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Jurors and Juries 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy S. Marder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Upside Down and Inside Out: Regulators and Regulatory Processes in Contemporary Perspective 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBronwen Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Using Public Law to Shape Private Organizations 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Police and Policing 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer D. Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Domains of Legal Policy 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Domains of Policy: Law and Society Research on the Family 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnie Bunting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Domains of Policy: Law and Society Perspectives on Antidiscrimination Law 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna E. Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Domains of Policy: Law and Society Perspectives on Punishment and Social Control 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeramet Reiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Welfare Law 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVicki Lens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Immigration Law and Immigrants’ Lived Experiences 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeisy J. Abrego\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Return of Religion: The Rise, Decline, and Possible Resurrection of Legal Secularism 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNomi Maya Stolzenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Human Rights 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeinz Klug\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 More]than]Human Legalities: Advocating an “Animal Turn” in Law and Society 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrus Braverman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Law and Disability 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatharina Heyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V How Does Law Matter? 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Constitution of Identity: Law and Race 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOsagie K. Obasogie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Constitution of Identity: New Modalities of Nationality, Citizenship, Belonging and Being 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEve Darian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Past, Present, and Future of Rights Scholarship 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey R. Dudas, Jonathan Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiller and Michael W. McCann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Law and Social Movements: Old Debates and New Directions 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra R. Levitsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Rule of Law and Economic Development: Global Scripts, Vernacular Translations 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRitu Birla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Law and Colonialism: Legacies and Lineages 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenisa Mawani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Law and Globalism: Law without the State as Law without Violence 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulieta Lemaitre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePatricia Ewick\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at Clark University. She is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Common Place of Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eSocial Science, Social Policy and Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). She is also former co-editor of \u003ci\u003eStudies in Law, Politics and Society\u003c\/i\u003e and former Associate Editor of the \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Society Review.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustin Sarat\u003c\/b\u003e is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College and Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior Scholar at the University of Alabama School of Law. He is the author or editor of more than 90 books, including \u003ci\u003eGruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003eWhen the State Kills: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companion to Law and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2004); and \u003ci\u003eMercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).  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Utilizing a global approach to law and society, chapters address a wide range of topics that include the widening gap between codified laws and “law in action”, problems in the implementation of legal decisions, law’s constitutive role in shaping society, the importance of law in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace and resist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law, intersections of law and identity, law’s relationship to social consensus and conflict, and many more. Chapters provide in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Informed by the latest scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Law and Society\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for myriad issues relating to the complex relationship between society and the legal process in the twenty-first century world.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990251454693,"sku":"NP9781118701461","price":218.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118701461.jpg?v=1761787070","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-handbook-of-law-and-society-isbn-9781118701461","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}