The Behavior of Law

by Black, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780857243416
• ISBN10: 0857243411
• Edition: Limited
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-31
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing

Summary

Hailed as one of the most important works in the history of sociology, and a precursor to the revolutionary theoretical approach of pure sociology, this short and lucid book is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1976. To honour this seminal book, Emerald is pleased to announce that it will publish a special edition of The Behavior of Law, including a number of additional features: bull; A new foreword from Mark Cooney bull; An interview with the author, entitled 'How Law Behaves' bull; Reflections from a number of prominent sociologists on The Behavior of Law's impact over the last thirty years. bull; An author profile written by Randall Collins

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Law	p. 2
The Theory of Law	p. 6
Deviant Behavior	p. 9
The Behavior of Social Control	p. 10
Stratification	p. 11
The Quantity of Stratification	p. 13
Vertical Location	p. 16
Vertical Direction	p. 21
Deprivation and Deviant Behavior	p. 30
The Behavior and Social Control	p. 31
Morphology	p. 37
The Quantity of Differentiation	p. 38
Relational Distance	p. 40
Radial Location	p. 48
Radial Direction	p. 49
Marginality and Deviant Behavior	p. 54
The Behavior of Social Control	p. 55
Culture	p. 61
The Quantity of Culture	p. 63
Cultural Direction: Type I	p. 65
Cultural Location	p. 67
Cultural Direction: Type II	p. 69
Cultural Distance	p. 73
Subcultures and Deviant Behavior	p. 79
The Behavior of Social Control	p. 80
Organization	p. 85
The Quantity of Organization	p. 86
Organizational Direction	p. 92
Organization and Deviant Behavior	p. 99
The Behavior of Social Control	p. 101
Social Control	p. 105
The Quantity of Social Control	p. 107
Normative Location	p. 111
Normative Direction	p. 113
Labeling and Deviant Behavior	p. 117
The Behavior of Social Control	p. 118
Anarchy	p. 123
Two Kinds of Anarchy	p. 125
Social Control in Anarchic Settings	p. 126
The Evolution of Law	p. 131
The Return of Anarchy	p. 132
References	p. 139
Author Index	p. 165
Subject Index	p. 170
How Law Behaves: An Interview with Donald Black	p. 177
Author Profile	p. 189
Testimonial Authors	p. 191
Testimonials	p. 193
Quote	p. 203
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