Introduction to Law

by Gruberg, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780761825067
• ISBN10: 0761825061
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-25
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book is an introduction to the study of law, appropriate for the beginning student in Introduction to Law, Sociology of Law and Criminal Justice. It is interdisciplinary, employing insights from political science, history, philosophy, sociology, and theology.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
World Legal Systems: Past and Present	1	(84)
Primitive Law	5	(13)
Hebrew Law	18	(4)
Code of Hammurabi	22	(1)
Greek Law	22	(2)
Roman Law	24	(2)
For Want of Space and Time	26	(1)
Canon Law	27	(1)
Islamic Law	28	(8)
Civil Law	36	(8)
Common Law	44	(10)
Marxist Law	54	(31)
Private Legal Systems	85	(78)
The Family	88	(6)
The Church	94	(5)
The University	99	(4)
The School	103	(6)
The Corporation	109	(10)
The Union	119	(2)
The Bar	121	(8)
The Medical Professions	129	(5)
The Club	134	(5)
Etiquette	139	(1)
Sports	140	(4)
The Military	144	(19)
Big Brother and the Law	163	(40)
There Ought Not To Be a Law!	165	(5)
Blue Laws	170	(1)
Crime and Punishment	171	(4)
Deja Vu: Alcohol Prohibition and Anti-Narcotics Crusading	175	(9)
Censorship	184	(3)
Some Mini-Debates	187	(2)
Anti-Miscegenation Laws	189	(1)
Child Custody	190	(13)
Conceptions of the Nature of Law	203	(20)
Formal (Analytical)	205	(2)
Historical	207	(2)
Why Pay Attention to Philosophies of Law?	209	(2)
Functional	211	(2)
Realist
Sociological
Ethical	213	(4)
Some Other Schools	217	(1)
Social Change: Do the Ends Justify the Means?	217	(6)
Legal Reasoning (Using Case Studies)	223	(38)
The Court Martial of Lt. Calley	224	(5)
Texas vs. Oswald: The Untried Case	229	(4)
New Jersey vs Bruno Richard Hauptmann	233	(1)
The Spelucean Explorers	234	(4)
The Grudge Informer	238	(1)
Mini Cases--Some Real, Some Artificial	239	(22)
Selected Further Readings	261	(14)
Index	275