The law & society reader II /
Law and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. Decades of research shows how much the nature of communities, organizations, and the people inhabiting them affect how law works. Just as much, law shapes bel...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2014
[2014] |
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| Summary: | Law and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. Decades of research shows how much the nature of communities, organizations, and the people inhabiting them affect how law works. Just as much, law shapes beliefs, behaviors, and wider social structures, but the connections are much more nuanced-and surprising-than many expect. Law and Society Reader II provides readers an accessible overview to the breadth of recent developments in this research tradition |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 429 pages ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-415) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780814770818 0814770819 9780814770610 0814770614 9780814789339 0814789331 |