Societal Stress and Law (1st ed. 2023)

Societal Stress and Law draws attention to the social side effects of law by developing the sociological concept of society-level stress, a corollary of the concept of individual-level stress in the biological sciences. To encourage interest in societal stress, the book looks at (1) instances of law adopted by American states that the U.S. Supreme Court held unconstitutional and (2) actions by American states with regard to a proposal to amend the federal Constitution. The Court rulings and the proposed constitutional amendment were capable of producing societal stress because they were seen by a sizeable segment of the U.S. public as being incompatible with significant American traditions. In original studies that apply logistic regression to state-level statistical data, the book identifies sociological variables that predict state differences in the adoption of this law and state differences in actions on the proposed constitutional amendment. Because these variables represent societal agents that affected whether a state experienced social stress from the rulings and proposal, the book blends theory with empirical research and illustrates how each can support the other in law-focused scholarship.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Larry D. Barnett
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Pages:	200
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-130874-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	3-03-130874-3
Barcode:	9783031308741

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