The sociology of law has been dominated by studies of officials and formal institutions and
their work products. Studying the emergence and transformation of disputes means studying …

UTNTIL recently, the American legal establishment embraced a classical view of the judicial
role. Under this view, judges are not supposed to have an involvement or interest in the …

Buku ini mengupas hukum dari kacamata sosiologi hukum. Tinjauan hukum non-normatif
terhadap pranata pengadilan, termasuk tinjauan tentang struktur sosialnya, perilaku para …

Each year more than 2 million Americans divorced, and most of them use a lawyer. In closed-
door conversations between lawyers and their clients strategy is planned, tactics are …

The Supreme Court's treatment of official liability is under attack. Some believe that
decisions interpreting the centerpiece of the official liability system-section 1983'-have been …

Concern has been mounting about the nature, volume, and consequences of private
antitrust litigation. Many critics argue that there has been a private antitrust explosion, with …

This study examines the contours of local legal culture in four criminal trial courts. Local
legal culture is conceptualized as common practitioner norms governing case handling and …

REV. 641 (1987). Constitutional tort litigation consists of civil actions brought against state
and local officials under 42 USC § 1983 (1982) and civil actions brought against federal …

This Article addresses the need to understand better our civil justice system by exploring
possible determinants of disposition time for civil cases that reach a jury trial. This study uses …

In law, as elsewhere, the ordinary is overshadowed in the popular and academic literature
by the dramatic and sensational. While the role and behavior of lawyers in the operation of …