{"product_id":"9781118701461","title":"The Handbook of Law and Society","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Handbook of Law and Society\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAustin Sarat | Patricia Ewick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ American Government \/ Legislative Branch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBringing a timely synthesis to the field, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Law and Society\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits perennial questions about law in a global world including the widening gap between codified laws and “law in action”, problems in the implementation of legal decisions, law’s constitutive role in shaping society, the importance of law in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace and resist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law, intersections of law and identity, law’s relationship to social consensus and conflict, and many more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from 38 international expert scholars working in diverse fields at the intersections of legal studies and social sciences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnique in its contributions to this rapidly expanding and important new multi-disciplinary field of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003ePatricia Ewick\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at Clark University. She is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Common Place of Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eSocial Science, Social Policy and Law\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). She is also former co-editor of \u003ci\u003eStudies in Law, Politics and Society\u003c\/i\u003e and former Associate Editor of the \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Society Review.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustin Sarat\u003c\/b\u003e is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College and Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior Scholar at the University of Alabama School of Law. He is the author or editor of more than 90 books, including \u003ci\u003eGruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003eWhen the State Kills: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companion to Law and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2004); and \u003ci\u003eMercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 June 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118701461\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e488\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310487072908,"sku":"9781118701461","price":203.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118701461_ee94be0a-bd8c-47fb-ba78-849d4b8b17d1.jpg?v=1780158523","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118701461","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}