Invitation to Law and Society, Second Edition: An Introduction to the Study of Real Law

by Kitty Calavita

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022629658X
• ISBN13: 9780226296586
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"