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Law and the Web of Society
Cates, Cynthia L.; McIntosh, Wayne V.
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Description for Law and the Web of Society
Paperback. From birth certificates and marriage licenses to food safety regulations and speed limits, law shapes nearly every moment of our lives. Ubiquitous and ambivalent, the law is charged with both maintaining social order and protecting individual freedom. This title explores this ambivalence. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; LAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 703.
From birth certificates and marriage licenses to food safety regulations and speed limits, law shapes nearly every moment of our lives. Ubiquitous and ambivalent, the law is charged with both maintaining social order and protecting individual freedom. In this book, Cynthia L. Cates and Wayne V. McIntosh explore this ambivalence and document the complex relationship between the web of law and everyday life. They consider the forms and functions of the law, charting the American legal structure and judicial process, and explaining key legal roles. They then detail how it influences the development of individual identity and human relationships at ... Read more
From birth certificates and marriage licenses to food safety regulations and speed limits, law shapes nearly every moment of our lives. Ubiquitous and ambivalent, the law is charged with both maintaining social order and protecting individual freedom. In this book, Cynthia L. Cates and Wayne V. McIntosh explore this ambivalence and document the complex relationship between the web of law and everyday life. They consider the forms and functions of the law, charting the American legal structure and judicial process, and explaining key legal roles. They then detail how it influences the development of individual identity and human relationships at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878408603
SKU
V9780878408603
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99-29
About Cates, Cynthia L.; McIntosh, Wayne V.
Cynthia L. Cates is associate professor of political science at Towson University, where her teaching specialty is the law and includes a class in the law on-line. She is co-author, with Wayne V. McIntosh, of Judicial Entrepreneurship: The Role of the Judge in the Marketplace of Ideas (Greenwood Press, 1997). Wayne V. McIntosh, associate professor and the director ... Read more
Reviews for Law and the Web of Society
A fresh and exciting approach to the study of law. Law & Politics Book Review