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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806936803321

Autore

Sutton John <1949->

Titolo

Law/Society [[electronic resource] ] : origins, interactions, and change / / John R. Sutton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001

ISBN

1-322-30702-4

1-5063-1587-9

0-7619-8704-5

1-4522-6453-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 301 p.)

Collana

Sociology for a new century

Disciplina

340.115

Soggetti

Sociological jurisprudence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - An Introduction to the Sociology of Law; PART 1 - Legal Change; Chapter 2 - Evolutionary Theories of Legal Change: Maine and Durkheim; Chapter 3 - Law, Class Conflict, and the Economy: Marxian Theory; Chapter 4 - Law and the State: Max Weber's Sociology of Law; Chapter 5 - The Problem of Law in the Activist State Sociological Jurisprudence; PART 2 - Legal Action; Chapter 6 - Voting Rights and School Desegregation

Chapter 7 - Equal Employment OpportunityPART 3 - The Legal Profession; Chapter 8 - Law as a Profession; Chapter 9 - The Transformation of Legal Practice in the Late Twentieth Century; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a conceptual framework for thinking about the full range of topics within the sociology of law discipline.