The law and 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 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, bringing to life the developments in this dynamic
field. Following up a first Law and
Society Reader published in 1995, editors Erik W. Larson and Patrick D.
Schmidt have compiled excerpts of 43 illuminating articles published since 1993
in The Law & Society Review, the
flagship journal of the Law and Society Association.
By its organization
and approach, this volume enables readers to join in discussing the key ideas
of law and society research. The selections highlight the core insights and
developments in this research tradition, making these works indispensable for
those exploring the field and ideal for classroom use. Across six
concisely-introduced sections, this volume analyzes inequality, lawyering, the
relation between law and organizations, and the place of law in relation to
other social institutions.

• Ackowledgments p. xi
• Introduction p. 1 Erik Larson and Patrick Schmidt
• Part I Inequalities p. 7
• Does Law Benefit Those With The Most Resources?
• 1 Do the "Haves" Still Come Out Ahead? p. 13 Joel B. Grossman and Herbert M. Kritzer and Stewart Macaulay
• 2 The Rule of Law and the Litigation Process: The Paradox of Losing by Winning p. 16 Catherine Albiston
• 3 The Good Case: Decisions to Litigate at the World Trade Organization p. 24 Joseph A. Conti
• How Do Authority And Power Influence The Implementation of Law?
• 4 Convictability and Discordant Locales: Reproducing Race, Class, and Gender Ideology in Prosecutorial Decisionmaking p. 35 Lisa Frohmann
• 5 The Reconstitution of Law in Local Settings: Agency Discretion, Ambiguity, and a Surplus of Law in the Policing of Hate Crime p. 42 Ryken Grattet and Valerie Jenness
• Can Rights-Based Litigation Address Inequalities?
• 6 Popular Constitutionalism's Hard When You're Not Very Popular: Why the ACLU Turned to Courts p. 55 Emily Zackin
• 7 Beyond Backlash: Assessing the Impact of Judicial Decisions on LGBT Rights p. 62 Thomas M. Keck
• Part II Organizations and Law p. 71
• When is Regulation Effective?
• 8 Explaining Corporate Environmental Performance: How Does Regulation Matter? p. 75 Robert A. Kagan and Dorothy Thornton and Neil Gunningham
• 9 The "Compliance" Trap: The Moral Message in Responsive Regulatory Enforcement p. 84 Christine Parker
• 10 Labor Regulation, Corporate Governance, and Legal Origin: A Case of Institutional Complementarity? p. 92 Beth Ahlering and Simon Deakin
• How Do Regulated Organizations Influence Legal Outcomes?
• 11 Internal Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of Civil Rights in the Workplace p. 103 Lauren B. Edelman and Howard S. Erlanger and John Lande
• 12 The Privatization of Public Legal Rights: How Manufacturers Construct the Meaning of Consumer Law p. 111 Shauhn A. Talesh
• Part III Lawyers and Legal Work p. 119
• How Do Hierarchies Influence The Legal Profession?
• 13 Do Rankings Matter? The Effects of U.S. News & World Report Rankings on the Admissions Process of Law Schools p. 123 Michael Sauder and Ryon Lancaster
• 14 Lawyer Satisfaction in the Process of Structuring Legal Careers p. 131 Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant G. Garth
• What Forces Influence Lawyers' Practices?
• 15 The Changing Character of Lawyers' Work: Chicago in 1975 and 1995 p. 141 John P. Heinz and Edward O. Laumann and Robert L. Nelson and Ethan Michelson
• 16 Lawyers, Mediation, and the Management of Divorce Practice p. 147 Craig A. Mcewen and Lynn Mther and Richard J. Maiman
• Can Lawyers Address Inequalities Through Service And Political Work?
• 17 The Impact of Legal Counsel on Outcomes for Poor Tenants in New York City's Housing Court: Results of a Randomized Experiment p. 159 Carroll Seron and Gregg Van Ryzin and Martin Frankel and Jean Kovath
• 18 Cause Lawyering in Transnational Perspective: National Conflict and Human Rights in Israel/Palestine p. 166 Lisa Hajjar
• Part IV Legal Confrontations-Disputing and Legal Consciousness p. 173
• 19 A New Social Constructionism for Sociolegal Studies p. 176 Elizabeth Mertz
• Why Do People Turn to Law in Disputes?
• 20 Litigating within Relationships: Disputes and Disturbance in the Regulatory Process p. 185 Cary Coglianese
• 21 Pursuing Rights and Getting Justice on China's Ethnic Frontier, 1949-1966 p. 193 Neil J. Diamant
• How Do People Use Ideas and Ideals in Legal Disputes?
• 22 Framing the Choice between Cash and the Courthouse: Experiences with the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund p. 203 Gillian K. Hadffield
• 23 Justice Excused: The Deployment of Law in Everyday Political Encounters p. 211 George I. Lovell
• How Do Ideas Influence Peoples' Beliefs About Law?
• 24 Three Strikes and You Are Out, but Why? The Psychology of Public Support for Punishing Rule Breakers p. 223 Tom R. Tyler and Robert J. Boeckmann
• 25 Situating Legal Consciousness: Experiences and Attitudes or Ordinary Citizens about Law and Street Harassment p. 232 Laura Beth Nielsen
• How Does Consciousness Influence The Construction of Law?
• 26 Idle Rights: Employees' Rights Consciousness and the Construction of Sexual Harassment Policies p. 243 Anna-Maria Marshall
• 27 Mobilizing the Law in China: "Informed Disenchantment" and the Development of Legal Consciousness p. 253 Mary E. Gallagher
• Part V Law As An Emergent Institution p. 261
• How Does Law Relate to Other Social Institutions?
• 28 Competing Institutions: Law, Medicine, and Family in Neonatal Intensive Care p. 265 Carol A. Heimer
• 29 Challenging Medicine: Law, Resistance, and the Cultural Politics of Childbirth p. 276 Katherine Beckett and Bruce Hoffman
• How Do Legal Orders Change When Countries Change?
• 30 Alternative Readings: The Status of the Status of Children Act in Antigua and Barbuda p. 287 Mindie Lazarus-Black
• 31 Landscapes of the Law: Injury, Remedy, and Social Change in Thailand p. 293 David M. Engel
• 32 Truth, Reconciliation, and the Creation of a Human Rights Culture in South Africa p. 301 James L. Gibson
• 33 Rights, Religion, and Community: Approaches to Violence against Women in the Context of Globalization p. 313 Sally Engle Merry
• 34 Merchants of Law as Moral Entrepreneurs: Constructing International Justic from the Competition for Transnational Business Disputes p. 321 Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth
• 35 National Politics as International Process: The Case of Anti-Femal Genital Cutting Laws p. 330 Elizabeth Heger Boyle and Sharon E. Preves
• Part VI Law as a Productive Institution p. 339
• How Does Law Influence Group Identity?
• 36 Through a Green Lens: The Construction of Customary Environmental Law and Community in Indonesia's Maluku Islands p. 343 Charles Zerner
• 37 Unsuitable Suitors: Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Naturalization Laws, and the Construction of Asian Identities p. 351 Deenesh Sohoni
• Can Groups Remake Identity Through Law?
• 38 Think of the Hippopotamus: Rights Consciousness in the Fat Acceptance Movement p. 361 Anna Kirkland
• 39 Legitimizing American Indian Sovereignty: Mobilizing the Constitutive Power of Law through Institutional Entrepreneurship p. 370 Erich W. Steinman
• How Does Law Operate As A System Of Ideas?
• 40 Blue Jeans, Rape, and the "De-Constitutive" Power of Law p. 381 Kitty Calavita
• 41 Do Blind People See Race? Social, Legal, and Theoretical Considerations p. 387 Osagie K. Obasogie
• Can Social Science Inform Progressive Change In Law?
• 42 From Legal Realism to Law and Society: Reshaping Law for the Last Stages of the Social Activist State p. 399 Bryant Garth and Joyce Sterling
• 43 What Counts as Knowledge? A Reflection on Race, Social Science, and the Law p. 403 Rachel F. Moran
• Bibliography p. 411
• About the Authors p. 417
• About the Editors p. 423
• Index p. 425