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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kitty CalavitaPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780226296449ISBN 10: 022629644 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 11 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""A good broad-brush account of some of the best work in the field and some of the prevailing concerns of law and society scholars.""-- ""Social and Legal Studies"" ""A well-published author in the field of law and society, Calavita discusses the most common types of contemporary law and shows that laws related to everyday life experiences affect all people. . . . Recommended.""-- ""Choice"" ""Calavita expertly summarizes many of the central themes of law and society scholarship as they have developed over the past fifty years. . . . She makes her case crisply, in 150 entertaining and conversational pages.""-- ""Law and Social Inquiry"" ""Calavita weaves together the results of highly regarded research with real-life examples to lucidly connect some of the divisive social issues confronting us today to that thing we call 'the law.'""-- ""Law and Politics Book Review""" A good broad-brush account of some of the best work in the field and some of the prevailing concerns of law and society scholars. -- Social and Legal Studies A well-published author in the field of law and society, Calavita discusses the most common types of contemporary law and shows that laws related to everyday life experiences affect all people. . . . Recommended. -- Choice Calavita expertly summarizes many of the central themes of law and society scholarship as they have developed over the past fifty years. . . . She makes her case crisply, in 150 entertaining and conversational pages. -- Law and Social Inquiry Calavita weaves together the results of highly regarded research with real-life examples to lucidly connect some of the divisive social issues confronting us today to that thing we call 'the law.' -- Law and Politics Book Review Author InformationKitty Calavita is chancellor's professor emerita in the Departments of Criminology, Law and Society, and Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author, most recently, of Appealing to Justice: Prisoner Grievances, Rights, and Carceral Logic. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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