The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Vitality Amidst Fragmentation: On the Emergence of Postrealist Law and Society Scholarship; PART I PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LAWAND SOCIETY RESEARCH; 2 Law in Social Theory and Social Theory in the Study of Law; 3 Profession, Science, and Culture: An Emergent Canon of Law and Society Research; PART II THE CULTURAL LIFE OF LAW; 4 The Work of Rights and the Work Rights Do: A Critical Empirical Approach; 5 Consciousness and Ideology; 6 Law in Popular Culture; 7 Comparing Legal Cultures. PART III INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS8 The Police and Policing; 9 Professional Power: Lawyers and the Constitution of Professional Authority; 10 Courts and Judges; 11 Jurors and Juries; 12 Regulators and Regulatory Processes; 13 The Legal Lives of Private Organizations; PART IV DOMAINS OF POLICY; 14 Legal Regulation of Families in Changing Societies; 15 Culture, ''Kulturkampf, '' and Beyond: The Antidiscrimination Principle.
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The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society is an authoritative study of the relationship between law and social interaction. Thirty-two original essays by an international group of expert scholars examine a wide range of critical questions. Authors represent various theoretical, methodological, and political commitments, creating the first truly global overview of the field.:.; Examines the relationship between law and social interactions in thirty-three original essay by international experts in the field.; Reflects the world-wide significance of North American law and society scholarship.; A.