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PART I. WHEN LAW FAILS; SECTION 1. THE LIMITS OF LEGAL PROTECTION; SECTION 2. WHAT LAW IS FOR; PART II. THE SEARCH FOR LAW; SECTION 3. THREE DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; PART III. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: THE DEMAND FOR LAW AND LAW'S DEMANDS; SECTION 4. LINING UP AT THE DOOR OF LAW; SECTION 5. LAWYERS IN CIVIL CASES; SECTION 6. WHOSE LAW IS IT ANYWAY?; SECTION 7. WHO SPEAKS AND WHO IS HEARD: THE CONTINUING SIGNIFICANCE OF CLASS; PART IV. SEVERITY AND LENIENCY: ADMINISTERING A SYSTEM OF DISCRETIONARY JUSTICE; SECTION 8. FROM SEVERITY TO LENIENCY: PLEA BARGAINING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF JUSTICE; SECTION 9. LAWYERS IN CRIMINAL CASES; SECTION 10. JURIES IN CRIMINAL CASES: BIASED OR CONSCIENTIOUS JUDGMENT; SECTION 11. SENTENCING; PART V. ORGANIZING LAW'S VIOLENCE; SECTION 12. POLICING THE POLICE; SECTION 13. PUNISHMENT: IMPRISONMENT; SECTION 14. THE DEATH PENALTY: CONTROLLING JURIES/PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION; SECTION 15. THE FUTURE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

The Social Organization of Law

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
      Publication Date: 29/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780195330342, 978-0195330342
      ISBN10: 019533034X

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      Table of Contents
      PART I. WHEN LAW FAILS; SECTION 1. THE LIMITS OF LEGAL PROTECTION; SECTION 2. WHAT LAW IS FOR; PART II. THE SEARCH FOR LAW; SECTION 3. THREE DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; PART III. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: THE DEMAND FOR LAW AND LAW'S DEMANDS; SECTION 4. LINING UP AT THE DOOR OF LAW; SECTION 5. LAWYERS IN CIVIL CASES; SECTION 6. WHOSE LAW IS IT ANYWAY?; SECTION 7. WHO SPEAKS AND WHO IS HEARD: THE CONTINUING SIGNIFICANCE OF CLASS; PART IV. SEVERITY AND LENIENCY: ADMINISTERING A SYSTEM OF DISCRETIONARY JUSTICE; SECTION 8. FROM SEVERITY TO LENIENCY: PLEA BARGAINING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF JUSTICE; SECTION 9. LAWYERS IN CRIMINAL CASES; SECTION 10. JURIES IN CRIMINAL CASES: BIASED OR CONSCIENTIOUS JUDGMENT; SECTION 11. SENTENCING; PART V. ORGANIZING LAW'S VIOLENCE; SECTION 12. POLICING THE POLICE; SECTION 13. PUNISHMENT: IMPRISONMENT; SECTION 14. THE DEATH PENALTY: CONTROLLING JURIES/PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION; SECTION 15. THE FUTURE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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