The handbook of law and society / / edited by Austin Sarat and Patricia Ewick ; contributors, Leisy J. Abrego [and twenty eight others]

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1140 p.)
• Disciplina: 340/.115
• Soggetto topico: Law - Social aspects
• Classificazione: POL006000
• Persona (resp. second.): SaratAustin; EwickPatricia; AbregoLeisy J.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: On the emerging maturity of law & society: an introduction / Patricia Ewick and Austin Sarat -- What is law and society? : definitional disputes / Susan M. Sterrett -- Charting the "classics" in law and society : the development of the field over the past half century / Calvin Morrill and Kelsey Mayo -- Mapping a cultural studies of law / Naomi Mezey -- Legal history / Kunal M. Parker -- Ethnographic and comparative approaches / Susan Bilder Coutin and Veronique Fortin -- Just a thought? : instantiations and constructions of procedural justice / Mary R. Rose -- Lawyers and the legal profession / Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant Garth -- Courts and judges : the legitimacy imperative and the importance of appearances / Keith J. Bybee and Angela Narasimhan -- Jurors and juries / Nancy S. Marder -- Upside down and inside out : regulators and regulatory processes in contemporary perspective / Brownwen Morgan -- Using public law to shaper private organizations / Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash -- Police and policing / Jennifer Wood -- Law and the family / Annie Bunting -- Law & society perspectives on antidiscrimination law / Donna E. Young -- Law & society perspectives on punishment and social control / Keramet Reiter -- Welfare law / Vicki Lens -- Immigration law and immigrants : "lived experiences" / LeisyJ. Abrego -- The return of religion : the rise, decline, and possible resurrection of legal secularism / Nomi Maya Stolzenberg -- Human rights / Heinz Klug -- More than human legalities : advocating an "animal turn" in law and society / Irus Braverman -- Law and disability / Katharina Heyer -- The constitution of identity : law and race / Osagie K. Obasogie -- The constitution of identity : new modalities of nationality, citizenship, belongingand being / Eve Darian-Smith -- The past, present, and future of rights scholarship / Jeffrey Dudas, Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, Michael McCann -- Law and social movements : old debates and new directions / Sandra Levitsky -- The rule of law and economic development : global scripts, vernacular translations / Ritu Birla -- Law in colonialism : legacies and lineages / Renisa Mawani -- Law and globalism : law without the state as law without violence / Julieta Lemaitre.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research Addresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits perennial questions about law in a global world inc
• Titolo autorizzato: The handbook of law and society
• ISBN: 1-118-70145-3; 1-118-70144-5; 1-118-70143-7; 1-118-70137-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910131281403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.