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• Preface
• Opening Thoughts
• Acknowledgments
• List of Reviewers
• About the Author
• Chapter 1 Law and Society: An Overview
• Introduction
• From Savagery to Civilization: A Brief Overview
• What Is Law?
• Mill on Liberty
• What Is Sociology?
• The Norm Continuum
• Cooperation and Conflict
• Law and Everyday Life
• Critical Analyses of Law
• Social Justice and Constitutionalism
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Law and Society
• Introduction
• Substantive and Procedural Law
• Private and Public Law
• Common Law
• Trifles
• Jurisprudence
• Sociolegal Thinkers
• Henry Sumner Maine
• Roscoe Pound
• Karl Llewellyn
• Notes
• Chapter 3 Sociologists of Law: Classical and Contemporary
• Introduction
• Emile Durkheim
• Karl Marx
• Max Weber
• Contemporary Sociologists of Law
• Donald Black
• Jürgen Habermas
• Hauke Brunkhorst
• Notes
• Chapter 4 Criminal Law
• Introduction
• Burden of Proof
• Presumption of Innocence
• Mens Rea and Actus Reus
• Legal Defenses: Exemptions, Justifications, and Excuses
• The System of Federalism
• Eighteenth Amendment: The Criminalization of Drinking
• Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
• DUI Checkpoints
• The Case of Hate Crimes
• Factors in Crime Reporting
• Notes
• Chapter 5 Civil Law
• Introduction
• Obligations
• Contracts
• Torts
• Unjust Enrichment
• Property
• Is There a Right to Destroy?
• More on Due Process
• The Seventh Amendment
• Notes
• Chapter 6 Administrative Law
• Introduction
• The Rivalry Between Administration and Law
• Nondelegation
• Independent Regulatory Agencies
• The EPA and the Clean Air Act
• The Process of Environmental Regulation
• Informal Action
• Rulemaking
• Adjudication
• Who Are the Administrators?
• The Guardian
• The Facilitator
• The Technician
• The Regulatory Trilemma
• Notes
• Chapter 7 Law and Social Control
• Introduction
• Class Domination
• Subtypes Within Legal Control
• Definition of Conduct
• Value Integration
• Allocation of Authority
• Case Decision
• Prevention of Illegal Conduct
• Socialization
• Recreation
• Social Control: Three Basic Forms
• Informal Control
• Medical Control
• The Sanction Continuum
• More on Legal Control
• Collegial Formations and Authoritarian Drift
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 8 Hunting and Forest Laws
• Introduction
• Forests: A Brief History
• Law and Public Policy
• Forest Fires and Forest Policy
• Bill Clinton
• George W. Bush
• Barack Obama
• Radical Environmentalism
• Types of Environmentalists
• Notes
• Chapter 9 Are Judges Biased?
• Introduction
• Research Evidence on the Question of Judicial Independence
• Justice Stevens and Six Constitutional Amendments
• Notes
• Chapter 10 Law School and the Legal Profession
• Introduction
• Historical Antecedents to the Law School
• The Idea of a Profession
• Applying to Law School
• The Goals of Law Schools
• Passing the Bar
• The Changing Composition of Law School
• Professional Code of Ethics: Model Rule 8.4(g)
• The Reasonable Woman Standard
• The Reasonable Lawyer?
• Professional Ethics
• First-Year Law Training: The Socratic Method
• Conclusion
• Notes
• List of Legal Cases
• References
• Index