Walsh, Anthony

Law, justice, and society a sociolegal introduction by Anthony Walsh, Craig Hemmens. - 2nd ed. - New York Oxford University Press 2011. - xxiii, 451 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Law : its function and purpose -- Justice and the law -- Making law -- Federal and state courts -- Crime and criminal law -- Criminal procedure -- Civil and administrative law -- Juvenile justice -- The law and social control -- The limits of social control : policing vice -- The law and social change -- Women and the law / by Mary K. Stohr -- Racial minorities and the law -- Comparative law : law in other cultures.

9780199757930 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010037526


Law--United States.
Justice, Administration of--United States.
Sociological jurisprudence

KF386 / .W325 2011

340.115 / W223L2