Invitation to Law and Society - An Introduction to the Study of Real Law (Hardcover)

Law and society is a rapidly growing field that turns the conventional view of law as mythical abstraction on its head. Kitty Calavita brilliantly brings to life the ways in which law is found not only in statutes and courtrooms but in our institutions and interactions, while inviting readers into conversations that introduce the field's dominant themes and most lively disagreements. Deftly interweaving scholarship with familiar examples, Calavita shows how scholars in the discipline are collectively engaged in a subversive expose of law's public mythology. While surveying prominent issues and distinctive approaches to both law as it is written and actual legal practices, as well as the law's potential as a tool for social change, this volume provides a view of law that is more real but just as compelling as its mythic counterpart. With this second edition of Invitation to Law and Society, Calavita brings up to date what is arguably the leading introduction to this exciting, evolving field of inquiry and adds a new chapter on the growing law and cultural studies movement.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chicago Series in Law and Society
Release date:	April 2016
Authors:	Kitty Calavita
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-29644-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society
LSN:	0-226-29644-X
Barcode:	9780226296449

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