Consequences

by Bogart, W. A.

• ISBN13: 9780802084569
• ISBN10: 0802084567
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

A timely and erudite investigation of the impact of law on societies, and how this excessive reliance on law, particularly litigation, has generated difficulties in achieving consensus regarding issues of domestic policy.

Author Biography

W.A Bogart is Professor of Law at the University of Windsor

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	3	(18)
PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF LAW	21	(30)
So Decried, So Demanded	23	(28)
The Growth of Law	25	(12)
So Demanded	25	(10)
So Decried	35	(2)
Why a Turning to Law?	37	(12)
The Breakdown of Other Rules and Norms	37	(4)
Politics Harnesses Law	41	(8)
Conclusions	49	(2)
PART II: THE IMPACT OF LAW	51	(106)
Compliance with Law - Deterrence and Its Alternatives	53	(29)
Achieving Compliance?	55	(20)
The Bases of Compliance	55	(2)
Deterrence and Its Alternatives	57	(13)
Designing Out the Problem	70	(5)
Compliance and Legitimacy	75	(4)
Legitimacy and Internalization	75	(2)
Legitimacy and Process	77	(2)
Conclusions	79	(3)
The Complexities of Assessing Impact	82	(29)
What, If Anything, Is the Problem?	84	(3)
The Quandary of 'Impartial' Perspective	87	(4)
The Difficulties of Assessing a Particular Law	91	(8)
Surprise - Unintended Consequences	99	(10)
Sanctions in International Law	103	(2)
The 'No Fault' Movement	105	(4)
Conclusions	109	(2)
Six Ideas about the Impact of Law - America the Outlier	111	(46)
Instrumentalism	114	(6)
Law Acting in Concert with Social and Political Forces	120	(6)
Law (Re)Constituting Social and Political Relationships	126	(7)
The Ineffectiveness of Law	133	(5)
National Styles of Regulation -'American Exceptionalism' I	138	(6)
The Impact of Litigation Regarding Social Change - 'American Exceptionalism' II	144	(9)
Conclusions	153	(4)
PART III: THE COMPLEXITY OF LAW'S IMPACT - SOME EXAMPLES	157	(156)
Punishment - and Capital Punishment	159	(24)
Deterrence and Crime	161	(3)
America and Punishment	164	(5)
'Le signe special et eternel de la barbarie'	169	(11)
The Causes of Abolition, the Effects of Popular Opinion	169	(3)
Capital Punishment and American Exceptionalism	172	(8)
Conclusions	180	(3)
Smoking - and Waves of Cultural Antagonism	183	(37)
The Perils of Nicotine - Public Attitudes and Behaviour	184	(2)
Law and the Curtailment of Smoking	186	(17)
Changing Attitudes towards Regulation	186	(2)
Grounds for Government Intervention	188	(3)
The Tools of the Law	191	(12)
The Law, Attitudes - and Impact	203	(14)
'The Rising Wave of Cultural Support'	203	(3)
The Quandaries of Advertising: The Case of Canada	206	(6)
Too Much of a Good Thing?	212	(5)
Conclusions	217	(3)
The Environment - Sunshine or Apocalypse?	220	(29)
The Rise of Environmentalism and the Growth of Law	222	(6)
Sunshine or Apocalypse?: Accounts of Environmentalism	228	(2)
The Impact of Environmental Laws	230	(17)
The Environment in the United States	231	(11)
The Environment and International Trade	242	(5)
Conclusions	247	(2)
Pornography - Fractured Protests, Harms(?), and Unstoppable Technology	249	(28)
Theoretical Approaches to Pornography	251	(5)
Does Pornography Harm?	256	(7)
The Corruption of Morals	256	(1)
Violence against Women	257	(2)
The Subordination of Women	259	(2)
Is Sex the Problem?	261	(2)
Canada Experiments	263	(7)
The Supreme Court of Canada and 'Harm': R. v. Butler	263	(3)
The Impact of Butler	266	(4)
The Limits of the Law?: Pornography and the Internet	270	(5)
Conclusions	275	(2)
Discrimination, the Law - and Blacks in America	277	(36)
The Pervasiveness of Disparity - The Presence of Discrimination?	279	(5)
Normative Debates Regarding Laws against Discrimination	284	(4)
Assessing the Impact	288	(20)
A Framework for Evaluating Title VII	289	(3)
Evidence Regarding Anti-discrimination Laws and Employment Opportunities for Blacks	292	(3)
The Benefits of Affirmative Action - and Its Capacity to Deflect	295	(9)
The Impact of Litigation: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education	304	(4)
Conclusions	308	(5)
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS	313	(16)
Conclusions: The Consequences of Law, the Limits of Litigation, the Need for Pragmatism	315	(14)
Notes	329	(72)
Index	401