القانون والمجتمع

This new edition of the groundbreaking Law and Society introduces readers to the prevailing theoretical perspectives and sociological approaches used to explain the interaction between law and society. This thirteenth edition maintains Professor Fago's style, while ensuring the use of Stephen E. Chapter summaries, learning objectives, key terms, and a list of additional readings make the book easy to understand for contemporary readers. The book's foundational approach has been completely updated to keep pace with current events and new studies that show how legal forces shape and influence society, and vice versa. These additions include: - New coverage of the most important post-2020 Supreme Court decisions, including the Dobbs decision that allowed states to ban or significantly restrict legal abortions. - New debate on policing and social control - Updated coverage of law and inequality, especially discussion of changes in affirmative action policies, new bans and restrictions on legal abortion, and new state laws related to issues of gender identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education and business. - New coverage of the increasing use of artificial intelligence by the legal profession and its impact on legal practice and its outcomes - Expanded discussion of the rule of law and recent threats to it in the political sphere - Expanded discussion of the use of law by and against social movements - Expanded discussion of the common law and civil law systems and the differences between them - Expanded discussion of juries The thirteenth edition of Law and Society is an essential reference for the one-semester undergraduate courses in Law and Society, Sociology of Law, and Introduction to Law, which are offered within the Sociology, criminal justice, and political science.