Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
An Introduction to the Sociology of Law; PART ONE: LEGAL CHANGE; Evolutionary Theories of Legal Change; Maine and Durkheim; Law, Class Conflict and the Economy; Marxian Theory; Law and the State; Max Weber's Sociology of Law; The Problem of Law in the Activist State; PART TWO: LEGAL ACTION; Voting Rights and School Desegregation; Equal Employment Opportunity; PART THREE: THE LEGAL PROFESSION; Law as a Profession; The Transformation of Legal Practice in the Late 20th Century;