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Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities

Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities

Author: Susan G. Drummond
ISBN: 9780774809269
Format: Paperback
$100.19

Comparative law and legal anthropology have traditionally restricted themselves to their own fields of inquiry....  Read More >>

Law and Class in America: Trends Since the Cold War

Law and Class in America: Trends Since the Cold War...

Author: Paul Carrington ,  Trina Jones
ISBN: 9780814716540
Format: Hardback
$193.00

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Crime and Social Institutions

Crime and Social Institutions

Author: Richard Rosenfeld ,  Professor Gerald Mars
ISBN: 9780754625018
Format: Hardback
$609.00

Presents theoretical arguments and empirical research on the relationship between crime and the structure of communities...  Read More >>

The Jury System: Contemporary Scholarship

The Jury System: Contemporary Scholarship

Author: Valerie P. Hans ,  Professor Austin D. Sarat
ISBN: 9780754625049
Format: Hardback
$410.00

This volume collects new, high-quality scholarship on the perennially controversial institution of trial by jury....  Read More >>

Tribal Water Rights: Essays in Contemporary Law, Policy, and Economics

Tribal Water Rights: Essays in Contemporary Law, Policy,...

Author: John E. Thorson ,  Sarah Britton
ISBN: 9780816524822
Format: Hardback
$132.00

The settlement of Indian water rights cases remains one of the thorniest legal issues in the US. In a previous book,...  Read More >>

Law and Social Movements

Law and Social Movements

Author: Michael McCann ,  Professor Austin D. Sarat
ISBN: 9780754624974
Format: Hardback
$735.00

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The Common Law Tradition: A Collective Portrait of Five Legal Scholars

The Common Law Tradition: A Collective Portrait of Five...

Author: George Liebmann
ISBN: 9781412805605
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book commemorates a place and a time in American law teaching, but more importantly, an outlook: the common...  Read More >>

Calling for Change

Calling for Change

Author: Sheila McIntyre ,  Elizabeth Sheehy
ISBN: 9786613667342
Format: Electronic book text
$110.88

Unique in both scope and perspective, Calling for Change investigates the status of women within the Canadian...  Read More >>

Why People Obey the Law

Why People Obey the Law

Author: Tom R. Tyler
ISBN: 9780691126739
Format: Paperback
$72.99

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The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions

The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender,...

Author: Mary Jane Mossman ,  Maryjane Mossman
ISBN: 9786610808366
Format: Electronic book text
$367.49

Comparative study exploring the lives of the women who challenged male exclusivity in the legal professions in the...  Read More >>

Minding Justice: Laws That Deprive People with Mental Disability of Life and Liberty

Minding Justice: Laws That Deprive People with Mental...

Author: Christopher Slobogin
ISBN: 9780674022041
Format: Hardback
$147.95

This comprehensive examination of the laws governing the punishment, detention, and protection of people with mental...  Read More >>

Law in Social Theory

Law in Social Theory

Author: Roger Cotterrell ,  Professor Austin D. Sarat
ISBN: 9780754625087
Format: Hardback
$630.00

Through studies of the work of Weber, Durkheim, Gurvitch, Habermas, Luhmann, Derrida, Bourdieu, Foucault, Schmitt,...  Read More >>

Injury: The Politics of Product Design and Safety Law in the United States

Injury: The Politics of Product Design and Safety Law...

Author: Lochlann Jain
ISBN: 9780691119083
Format: Paperback
$67.99

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Injury: The Politics of Product Design and Safety Law in the United States

Injury: The Politics of Product Design and Safety Law...

Author: Lochlann Jain
ISBN: 9780691119076
Format: Hardback
$174.24

Offers an anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. This book approaches injury law as a symptom...  Read More >>

Popular Culture and Law

Popular Culture and Law

Author: RichardK. Sherwin ,  Professor Austin D. Sarat
ISBN: 9780754624707
Format: Hardback
$683.00

What are the consequences when law's stories and images migrate from the courtroom to the court of public opinion...  Read More >>

Law and Sociology

Law and Sociology

Author: Michael Freeman (Professor of English Law, University College London)
ISBN: 9780199282548
Format: Hardback
$391.00

Law and Sociology contains a broad range of essays by scholars interested in the interactions between law and sociology....  Read More >>

Crime and Criminal Justice

Crime and Criminal Justice

Author: Jr. ,  William T. Lyons
ISBN: 9780754625100
Format: Hardback
$504.00

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Rethinking Gender, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Readings

Rethinking Gender, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Readings...

Author: Renzetti ,  Goodstein
ISBN: 9780195330304
Format: Paperback
$275.95

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Luhmann on Law and Politics: Critical Appraisals and Applications

Luhmann on Law and Politics: Critical Appraisals and...

Author: Michael King ,  Chris Thornhill
ISBN: 9781841136240
Format: Paperback
$84.99

These essays, by distinguished experts, provide evidence of Luhmann's extensive and diverse relevance to the issues...  Read More >>

Luhmann on Law and Politics: Critical Appraisals and Applications

Luhmann on Law and Politics: Critical Appraisals and...

Author: Michael King ,  Chris Thornhill
ISBN: 9781841136233
Format: Hardback
$170.00

These essays, by distinguished experts, provide evidence of Luhmann's extensive and diverse relevance to the issues...  Read More >>

The Geography of Law: Landscape, Identity and Regulation

The Geography of Law: Landscape, Identity and Regulation...

Author: William Taylor
ISBN: 9781841135571
Format: Paperback
$84.99

This book questions various spaces engage with the construction of identity, character and values, both historically...  Read More >>

A Sociology of Jurisprudence

A Sociology of Jurisprudence

Author: David Schiff ,  Richard Nobles
ISBN: 9781841135984
Format: Paperback
$59.99

An accessible introduction to Luhmanns’ complex work as well as an exploration of his claim that jurisprudence is...  Read More >>

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