Law, Society, and History

Themes in the Legal Sociology and Legal History of Lawrence M. Friedman
Herausgeber: Gordon, Robert W.; Horwitz, Morton J.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book assembles essays on legal sociology and legal history by a group of distinguished scholars who have been influenced by Lawrence M. Friedman.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9781107459496
• ISBN-10: 1107459494
• Artikelnr.: 41246387

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Overviews and Assessments of Friedman's Work: 1. Lawrence Friedman
and the canons of law and society Lauren Edelman; 2. 'Then and now':
Lawrence Friedman as an analyst of social change Vincenzo Ferrari; 3.
Lawrence Friedman and the bane of functionalism Victoria Woeste; 4.
Lawrence M. Friedman's comparative law Thomas Ginsburg; Part II.
Applications of Concepts, Insights and Methods in Friedman's Work: 5. To
influence, shape and globalize: popular legal culture and law Jo Carrillo;
6. Exploring legal culture: a few cautionary remarks from comparative
research Jose Juan Toharia; 7. The travails of total justice Marc Galanter;
8. 'Total justice' and political conservativism Robert A. Kagan; 9.
Friedman on lawyers: a survey Philip Lewis; 10. Legal culture and the state
in modern Japan: continuity and change Setsuo Miyasawa and Malcolm Feeley;
11. The death of contract: dodos and unicorns or sleeping rattlesnakes?
Stewart Macaulay; 12. Law society and the environment Robert V. Percival;
13. American religiosity: why the difference with France? James Whitman;
14. Same-sex marriage: situating a modern controversy in historical context
Joanna L. Grossman; Part III. Facts from the Underground: Digging Legal
History out of the Cellar: 15. Historian in the cellar George Fisher; 16.
The discreet charm of inquisitorial procedure: judges and lawyers in a case
of lèse majesté in late 18th century Venezuela Rogelio Pérez Perdomo; 17.
'Keep the negroes out of the classes with the most girls': lynching,
standardized testing, and portraiture as support for white supremacy at the
University of Texas, 1899-1999 Thomas D. Russell; 18. Legal realism goes
offshore: debates over rule of law and the control of ocean resources,
1937-53 Harry N. Scheiber; Part IV. Perspectives from Other Conceptual
Worlds: 19. Sociological jurisprudence - impossible but necessary: the case
of contractual networks Gunther Teubner; 20. How American legal academics'
positions on economic-efficiency analysis, moral philosophy and valid legal
argument disserve law and society empirical research Richard Markovits.