Law in Our Lives : An Introduction

by Friedrichs, David O.

• ISBN13: 9781891487415
• ISBN10: 1891487418
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
John Paul Ryan
Preface	xiii
About the Author	xv
Acknowledgments	xvi
Introduction	1	(24)
Making Sense of Law	2	(1)
Images of Law	3	(2)
The Celebration of Law	5	(3)
The Critique of Law	8	(4)
The Radical Critique	8	(1)
The Conservative Critique	9	(1)
Law's Unfulfilled Promises	9	(1)
The Internal Critique of Law	10	(1)
Hyperlexis: 'Too Much Law'	10	(1)
Law Versus Common Sense	11	(1)
The Paradox	11	(1)
Current Issues Before the Law	12	(10)
Sanctity of Life Issues	13	(1)
Rights Issues	14	(2)
Free Speech and Privacy Issues	16	(2)
Family Issues	18	(1)
Issues Concerning Legal Processes	19	(2)
Conclusion	21	(1)
Law in America Today	22	(3)
Law: Its Meaning and Logic	25	(28)
The Orders of Law and Social Control	26	(5)
Universal Law	26	(1)
International Law and Regional Law	27	(1)
Federal Law	28	(1)
State Law	28	(1)
Local Law	29	(1)
Organizational Law	29	(2)
Community Law	31	(1)
Specific Definitions of Law	31	(2)
Origins of Law	33	(3)
Value/Consensus	34	(1)
Rational/Contract	35	(1)
Power/Coercion	35	(1)
Models of Law	36	(9)
Fundamental Dimensions of Law	36	(3)
Social Dimensions of Law	39	(1)
Political Dimensions of Law	39	(2)
Dimensions of Legal Systems	41	(4)
Conclusion	45	(1)
Legal Reasoning	45	(5)
Judicial Restraint	47	(2)
Judicial Interpretation	49	(1)
Judicial Activism	49	(1)
Philosophy Versus Action	49	(1)
Stare Decisis and the Rule of Precedent	50	(1)
Conclusion	51	(2)
Law, Justice, and the Moral Order	53	(24)
Justice and Law	53	(10)
Individual Justice and Social Justice	58	(1)
Procedural Justice and Substantive Justice	59	(1)
Justice and the Criminal Justice System	60	(1)
Law, Violence, and Justice	61	(1)
Conclusion	61	(2)
Law and Morality	63	(4)
Law and Morality in American History	67	(3)
Prohibition of Alcohol	67	(2)
Recent Controversies	69	(1)
Law and Religion	70	(4)
Conflicts	70	(2)
Doctrine Declaring Separation of Church and State	72	(1)
Contemporary Issues	72	(2)
Law and Interests	74	(1)
Conclusion	75	(2)
Jurisprudence and the Study of Law	77	(28)
Jurisprudence	77	(1)
Schools of Jurisprudence	78	(1)
Traditional Schools of Jurisprudence	78	(11)
Natural Law	78	(2)
Legal Positivism	80	(3)
Historical/Cultural Jurisprudence	83	(1)
Utilitarianism	84	(1)
Sociological Jurisprudence	85	(1)
Legal Realism	86	(3)
Process Theory	89	(1)
Contemporary Schools of Jurisprudence	89	(12)
Law and Economics	90	(2)
Interpretive Jurisprudence	92	(2)
Critical Legal Studies	94	(1)
Critical Race Theory	95	(1)
Feminist Jurisprudence	95	(3)
Narrative Jurisprudence	98	(2)
Postmodern Jurisprudence	100	(1)
Conclusion	101	(4)
The Law and Society Movement	105	(24)
Disciplines Contributing to the Law and Society Movement	106	(4)
Philosophy	106	(1)
Political Science	106	(2)
Economics	108	(1)
Psychology	109	(1)
The Origins of a Sociolegal Perspective	110	(8)
The Classical Greek Philosophers	111	(1)
European Social Philosophers	111	(2)
Founding Fathers of Sociology	113	(3)
Jurisprudential, Historical, and Anthropological Influences on Sociolegal Scholarship	116	(2)
The Sociology of Law and the Law and Society Movement	118	(3)
A Positivist Approach	118	(2)
A Normative Approach	120	(1)
An Ideological Approach	121	(1)
Empirical Research and the Sociology of Law	121	(2)
Topics of Research	123	(6)
Status Differences	124	(1)
Acquiring Attitudes About Law	125	(1)
Rules of Law Versus Actual Practices	125	(1)
The Legal Profession	126	(1)
Comparative Studies	126	(3)
Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Law and Society	129	(34)
The Anthropological Perspective on Law	129	(4)
Indigenous Peoples and the Law: The Case of American Indians	133	(3)
Indian Law	133	(1)
Taking Land and the Law	134	(1)
Tribal Sovereignty	135	(1)
The Comparative Perspective on Law	136	(13)
Civil Law	137	(2)
Common Law	139	(1)
Socialist Law	139	(8)
Sacred Law	147	(2)
The Historical Perspective on Law	149	(9)
Principal Influences on American Law	152	(2)
Slavery and the African-American Experience of Law	154	(4)
The Contextual Perspective on Law	158	(3)
Conclusion	161	(2)
The Legal Profession	163	(30)
A Brief History of the Legal Profession	164	(8)
Lawyers in America	165	(2)
Twentieth-Century Lawyers	167	(1)
The ABA	168	(1)
What Contemporary Lawyers Do	168	(2)
Lawyers' Ideological Orientations	170	(2)
A Comparative Perspective on the Legal Profession	172	(1)
The Stratification of the Bar and the Organization of Legal Practice	172	(5)
Strata	173	(1)
Organization	173	(1)
Lawyer-Client Relationships	174	(1)
Public Defenders	175	(2)
Women in the Legal Profession	177	(2)
Jobs and Money	177	(1)
Cultural Values and Styles	178	(1)
Work and Family	178	(1)
Legal Ethics	179	(6)
Law School Offerings	180	(1)
Ambulance Chasing	180	(1)
Adversarial Issues	180	(2)
Representing Social Pariahs	182	(1)
Lying and Perjury	183	(1)
Other Ethical Issues	183	(1)
Disciplining Wrongdoers	184	(1)
Legal Education	185	(3)
Recent Changes	186	(1)
Critiques of Legal Education	187	(1)
The Critique of the Legal Profession	188	(2)
The Legal Profession in the Twenty-First Century	190	(3)
Legal Institutions and Processes: An Overview	193	(30)
Law and the Criminal Justice System	193	(7)
Defining Crime	194	(1)
The Police	194	(3)
The Courts	197	(2)
The Correctional System	199	(1)
Conclusion	200	(1)
Law and the Juvenile Justice System	200	(3)
Children's Character	200	(1)
Establishment of Juvenile Courts	201	(1)
Extension of Due Process Rights	202	(1)
Cycles of Harshness and Lenience	203	(1)
Law and the Civil Justice System	203	(5)
Is There a Litigation Explosion?	205	(2)
Judgments of Damages	207	(1)
Civil Court Proceedings	207	(1)
Law and the Administrative/Regulatory Justice System	208	(4)
Economic Regulation Versus Social Regulation	210	(2)
Focus of Controversy	212	(1)
Law and the Military Justice System	212	(2)
Informal Justice: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation	214	(5)
American Tradition	215	(1)
Popular Justice	216	(1)
Community Justice	216	(2)
Small Claims Court	218	(1)
Mediation and Arbitration	218	(1)
Conclusion	219	(4)
Legal Culture and Legal Behavior	223	(28)
Legal Culture	223	(8)
American Legal Culture	224	(2)
American Legal Subcultures	226	(1)
Internal Legal Culture	227	(2)
Law, Community, and Identity	229	(2)
Law as Product: The Making of Laws	231	(2)
Public Demand and Moral Entrepreneurs	231	(1)
Lobbies	232	(1)
Judges and the Executive Branch	232	(1)
Law as Communication	233	(4)
Language and Ideology	235	(1)
Semiotics	235	(1)
The Media	236	(1)
Legal Narratives	237	(1)
Legal Socialization	237	(2)
Legal Behavior: Compliance and Discretion	239	(4)
Conformity	239	(2)
Obeying Evil Orders	241	(1)
Deterrence	242	(1)
Legitimation of the Legal System	243	(2)
Legitimating Law: The Case of South Africa	245	(4)
Conclusion	249	(2)
Law in Flux: Law and Social Change	251	(34)
Law As an Object of Social Change	254	(3)
Law As an Instrument of Social Change	257	(1)
Legal Reforms and Their Impact	258	(18)
Labor Law	259	(1)
Welfare Law	259	(2)
Civil Rights Law	261	(1)
Women's Rights and the Equal Rights Amendment	262	(2)
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action	264	(1)
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse	265	(2)
Rape Law	267	(1)
Homosexuality and the Rights of Gay People	268	(2)
Victimless Crimes	270	(5)
Conclusion	275	(1)
Basic Trends in Law and Social Change in America	276	(2)
Regulatory Law	276	(1)
Due Process	277	(1)
Entitlements and Rights	277	(1)
Technology	278	(1)
Law in the Twenty-First Century	278	(7)
Science	280	(2)
Globalization	282	(1)
The Future of Law	283	(2)
Appendix A: Case Briefing: A Rudimentary Skill in Legal Analysis	285	(4)
Appendix B: Law in Our Lives: Films	289	(6)
Appendix C: Law in Our Lives on the Internet	295	(6)
References	301	(56)
Subject Index	357	(10)
Name Index	367