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The Handbook of Law and Society

Edited by: Austin Sarat, Patricia Ewick

ISBN13: 9781118701461

Published: June 2015

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Country of Publication: USA

Format: Hardback

Price: £154.00

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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.

Subjects:: Other Jurisdictions , Law and Society, USA

Contents:: Notes on Contributors viii; On the Emerging Maturity of Law and Society: An Introduction xiii; Patricia Ewick and Austin Sarat; Part I Setting the Stage 1; 1. What is Law and Society? Definitional Disputes 3; Susan M. Sterett; 2. Charting the “Classics” in Law and Society: The Development of the Field over the Past Half ]Century 18; Calvin Morrill and Kelsey Mayo; Part II Approaches to the Study of Law as a Social Phenomenon 37; 3. Mapping a Cultural Studies of Law 39; Naomi Mezey; 4. Approaches to the Study of Law as a Social Phenomenon: Legal History 56; Kunal M. Parker; 5. Legal Ethnographies and Ethnographic Law 71; Susan Bibler Coutin and Veronique Fortin; 6. Just a Thought? Instantiations and Constructions of Procedural Justice 85; Mary R. Rose; Part III Institutional Processes and Actors 103; 7. Lawyers and the Legal Profession 105; Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant Garth; 8. Courts and Judges: The Legitimacy Imperative and the Importance of Appearances 118; Keith J. Bybee and Angela G. Narasimhan; 9. Jurors and Juries 134; Nancy S. Marder; 10. Upside Down and Inside Out: Regulators and Regulatory Processes in Contemporary Perspective 150; Bronwen Morgan; 11. Using Public Law to Shape Private Organizations 168; Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash; 12. Police and Policing 183; Jennifer D. Wood; Part IV Domains of Legal Policy 197; 13. Domains of Policy: Law and Society Research on the Family 199; Annie Bunting; 14. Domains of Policy: Law and Society Perspectives on Antidiscrimination Law 212; Donna E. Young; 15. Domains of Policy: Law and Society Perspectives on Punishment and Social Control 228; Keramet Reiter; 16. Welfare Law 244; Vicki Lens; 17. Immigration Law and Immigrants’ Lived Experiences 258; Leisy J. Abrego; 18. The Return of Religion: The Rise, Decline, and Possible Resurrection of Legal Secularism 274; Nomi Maya Stolzenberg; 19. Human Rights 291; Heinz Klug; 20. More than Human Legalities: Advocating an “Animal Turn” in Law and Society 307; Irus Braverman; 21. Law and Disability 322; Katharina Heyer; Part V How Does Law Matter? 337; 22. The Constitution of Identity: Law and Race 339; Osagie K. Obasogie; 23. The Constitution of Identity: New Modalities of Nationality, Citizenship, Belonging and Being 351; Eve Darian Smith; 24. The Past, Present, and Future of Rights Scholarship 367; Jeffrey R. Dudas, Jonathan Goldberg ]Hiller and Michael W. McCann; 25. Law and Social Movements: Old Debates and New Directions 382; Sandra R. Levitsky; 26. The Rule of Law and Economic Development: Global Scripts, Vernacular Translations 399; Ritu Birla; 27. Law and Colonialism: Legacies and Lineages 417; Renisa Mawani; 28. Law and Globalism: Law without the State as Law without Violence 433; Julieta Lemaitre; Index 446