Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Lawand Society presents a comprehensive overview of key researchfindings, theoretical developments, and methodologicalcontroversies in the field of law and society. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that poseongoing real–world legal problems Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in–depth coverage ofeach topic, including its evolution, current state, and directionsfor future research Addresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and societyand revisits perennial questions about law in a global worldincluding the widening gap between codified laws and law inaction , problems in the implementation of legal decisions,law s constitutive role in shaping society, the importance oflaw in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace andresist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law,intersections of law and identity, law s relationship tosocial consensus and conflict, and many more Features contributions from 38 international expert scholarsworking in diverse fields at the intersections of legal studies andsocial sciences Unique in its contributions to this rapidly expanding andimportant new multi–disciplinary field of study INDICE: Notes on Contributors viii.On the Emerging Maturity of Law and Society: An Introduction xiiiPatricia Ewick and Austin Sarat.Part I Setting the Stage 1.1 What is Law and Society? Definitional Disputes 3Susan M. Sterett.2 Charting the Classics in Law and Society: The Development of the Field over the Past Half ]Century 18Calvin Morrill and Kelsey Mayo.Part II Approaches to the Study of Law as a Social Phenomenon 37.3 Mapping a Cultural Studies of Law 39Naomi Mezey.4 Approaches to the Study of Law as a Social Phenomenon: Legal History 56Kunal M. Parker.5 Legal Ethnographies and Ethnographic Law 71Susan Bibler Coutin and Veronique Fortin.6 Just a Thought? Instantiations and Constructions of Procedural Justice 85Mary R. Rose.Part III Institutional Processes and Actors 103.7 Lawyers and the Legal Profession 105Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant Garth.8 Courts and Judges: The Legitimacy Imperative and the Importance of Appearances 118Keith J. Bybee and Angela G. Narasimhan.9 Jurors and Juries 134Nancy S. Marder.10 Upside Down and Inside Out: Regulators and Regulatory Processes in Contemporary Perspective 150Bronwen Morgan.11 Using Public Law to Shape Private Organizations 168Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash.12 Police and Policing 183Jennifer D. Wood.Part IV Domains of Legal Policy 197.13 Domains of Policy: Law and Society Research on the Family 199Annie Bunting.14 Domains of Policy: Law and Society Perspectives on Antidiscrimination Law 212Donna E. Young.15 Domains of Policy: Law and Society Perspectives on Punishment and Social Control 228Keramet Reiter.16 Welfare Law 244Vicki Lens.17 Immigration Law and Immigrants Lived Experiences 258Leisy J. Abrego.18 The Return of Religion: The Rise, Decline, and Possible Resurrection of Legal Secularism 274Nomi Maya Stolzenberg.19 Human Rights 291Heinz Klug.20 More ]than ]Human Legalities: Advocating an Animal Turn in Law and Society 307Irus Braverman.21 Law and Disability 322Katharina Heyer.Part V How Does Law Matter? 337.22 The Constitution of Identity: Law and Race 339Osagie K. Obasogie.23 The Constitution of Identity: New Modalities of Nationality, Citizenship, Belonging and Being 351Eve Darian ]Smith.24 The Past, Present, and Future of Rights Scholarship 367Jeffrey R. Dudas, Jonathan Goldberg ]Hiller and Michael W. McCann.25 Law and Social Movements: Old Debates and New Directions 382Sandra R. Levitsky.26 The Rule of Law and Economic Development: Global Scripts, Vernacular Translations 399Ritu Birla.27 Law and Colonialism: Legacies and Lineages 417Renisa Mawani.28 Law and Globalism: Law without the State as Law without Violence 433Julieta Lemaitre.Index 000
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