EH Gorman - American Sociological Review, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Laboratory studies have shown that stereotypes and in-group favoritism influence people's perceptions and evaluations of others, but empirical research has not yet linked these …
What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval …
In the wake of a series of corporate governance disasters in the US and Europe which have gained almost mythic status-Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, HealthSouth, Parmalat-one …
Since the classic contributions of Weber and Durkheim, the sociology of law has raised key questions on the place of law in society. Drawing together both theoretical and empirical …
In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in …
Bill Clinton's legal bills in connection with the Lewinsky scanda topped $10 million; 2 the bill for Ken Starr's investigation of the Pres dent exceeded $50 million. 3 The cost to the eight …
In 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy. This controversial …
American health care is in crisis because of exploding medical malpractice litigation. Insurance premiums for doctors and malpractice lawsuits are skyrocketing, rendering …
R Stryker - American Journal of Sociology, 1994 - journals.uchicago.edu
Current scholarship on how science affects law's legitimacy in advanced capitalist democracies yields inconsistent predictions and findings. This article resolves inconsistent …