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John R. Sutton - University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Series:
Sociology for a New Century Series

Courses:
Sociology of Law

December 2000 | 320 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

A core text for the Law and Society or Sociology of Law course offered in Sociology, Criminal Justice, Political Science, and Schools of Law. · John Sutton offers an explicitly analytical perspective to the subject - how does law change? What makes law more or less effective in solving social problems? What do lawyers do? · Chapter 1 contrasts normative and sociological perspectives on law, and presents a brief primer on the logic of research and inference as it is applied to law related issues. · Theories of legal change are discussed within a common conceptual framework that highlights the explantory strengths and weaknesses of different arguments. · Discussions of "law in action" are explicitly comparative, applying a consistent model to explain the variable outcomes of civil rights legislation. · Many concrete, in-depth examples throughout the chapters.

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An Introduction to the Sociology of Law

PART ONE: LEGAL CHANGE

Evolutionary Theories of Legal Change

Maine and Durkheim

Law, Class Conflict and the Economy

Marxian Theory

Law and the State

Max Weber's Sociology of Law

The Problem of Law in the Activist State

PART TWO: LEGAL ACTION

Voting Rights and School Desegregation

Equal Employment Opportunity

PART THREE: THE LEGAL PROFESSION

Law as a Profession

The Transformation of Legal Practice in the Late 20th Century

"I think this book is going to be major contribution to the sociology of law. The balance between theory and substance, always a problem in this field, is very nice."

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University of California, Berkeley

"I look forward to using this book in my undergraduate sociology of law course."

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Texas A&M University

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