The Handbook of Law and Society (Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice)

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 including the widening gap between codified laws and "law in action", problems in the implementation of legal decisions, law's constitutive role in shaping society, the importance of law in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace and resist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law, intersections of law and identity, law's relationship to social consensus and conflict, and many more Features contributions from 38 international expert scholars working in diverse fields at the intersections of legal studies and social sciences Unique in its contributions to this rapidly expanding and important new multi-disciplinary field of study 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 D. Wood Police and policing / Jennifer D. Wood Domains of policy : law and society research on the family / Annie Bunting Domains of policy : law and society perspectives on antidiscrimination law / Donna E. Young Domains of policy : law and society perspectives on punishment and social control / Keramet Reiter Welfare law / Vicki Lens Immigration law and immigrants' : "lived experiences" / Leisy J. 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, belonging and 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. Content: 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. Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; On the Emerging Maturity of Law and Society: An Introduction; Part I Setting the Stage; Chapter 1 What is Law and Society?: Definitional Disputes; Introduction: Law as Authority, Law as Field; What We Do with Law; Law as General, Law as a Policy; Law as Punitive, Law as Productive; Internationalizing the Juridical Field; Conclusion: Globalized Claims, Centrifugal and Centripetal Law; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Charting the "Classics" in Law and Society: The Development of the Field over the Past Half-Century 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. 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