This innovative work treats law as the set of rules governing how people should act in
society, and it demonstrates how the legal system attempts to deter antisocial behavior …

▪ Abstract Law and society, though not a field in itself, is the object of a growing movement
that studies legal systems using tools of social science. Founded by sociologists, the …

The rules governing who will be punished and how much determine a society's success in
two of its most fundamental functions: doing justice and protecting citizens from crime …

This book examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law,
and distributive justice. In revealing how the problems that arise in tort and criminal law as …

This book seeks to provide answers to everything you ever wanted to know about the law—
except what the rules are or ought to be This book seeks to provide answers to everything …

The connection between law and contemporary social science emerged as a consequence
of the quest for social reform. As law became more instrumental, it also became more …

The study of law and society rests on the belief that legal rules and decisions must be
understood in context. Law is not autonomous, standing outside of the social world, but is …

The new third edition of Law and Society provides a balanced, multidisciplinary, and
comprehensive overview of law as an essential social institution that both shapes and is …

During the past decade there has been a resurgence of interest in the problem of law and
social control. Indicative of this interest, a rekindling of an earlier tradition, is the founding of …

Perhaps no idea is more emblematic of the field of law and society than crossing
boundaries. From the founding of the Law and Society Association in the early 1960s …