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Book Synopsis
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.

Table of 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

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/06/2015
      ISBN13: 9781118701461, 978-1118701461
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of 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

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