Society and Law (eBook)

Karen E. Hayden (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2019
392 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
979-8-8818-7851-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Society and Law addresses the social context of law, the legal structure, and the relationships between society and law. The goal of this text is to help undergraduate students gain an understanding of the significant role law plays in our everyday lives and in larger society. It covers emerging theories and ideas from innovative fields such as critical legal studies, feminist jurisprudence, critical race theories, and intersectionality. Society & Law summarizes the material as succinctly as possible, incorporating examples of new laws, changes in laws, and legal cases that interest college students and help them connect the material to their own lives. The law can be fascinating, frustrating, and even funny. Society & Law presents these various aspects of the law in readable, understandable, and interesting ways. Features:Student-oriented pedagogy includes key terms and a complete glossary, chapter summaries, critical thinking questions, and movie suggestions Case-in-Point boxes provide extended examples that illustrate key points Legalese boxes define legal terminologySidebar boxes provide additional information about select concepts

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.8.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• ISBN-13: 979-8-8818-7851-1 / 9798881878511