Law and the Web of SocietyGeorgetown University Press, 31. juli 2001 - 272 sider 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 every stage of our life cycle, from conception to the grave. The authors also use the word "web" in its technological sense, providing a section at the end of each chapter that directs students to relevant and useful Internet sites. Written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in law and society courses, Law and the Web of Society contains original research that also makes it useful to scholars. In daring to ask difficult questions such as "When does life begin?" and "Where does law begin?" this book will stimulate thought and debate even as it presents practical answers. |
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... least do not recognize it most of the time — it shapes our lives from the weightiest moments to the most mundane tasks . Law can be terribly nebulous , charged with accom- plishing competing , even sometimes seemingly contra- dictory ...
... least some of you have never been on the Internet , either because you lacked access or because you were just plain afraid or turned off by the whole thing . Well , no matter which category you fall under , now's the time to give it a ...
... least in part , from the moral standards that originate objectively from the natural order of the world and the inborn rationality of human beings . Thus , there is observable intersection between morality and law . According to natural ...
... least two long - term Texaco ex- ecutives openly made disparaging remarks about Afri- can Americans and discussed destruction of internal documents that were being sought by the plaintiffs . Law- yers for the corporation immediately ...
... least a perceived permanence , that other forces do not . Law , then , is a means by which people are put on notice that certain activities will be acceptable and others unacceptable . When a question of right and wrong occurs , there ...
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Conclusions | 102 |
Law on the Web | 103 |
Law and the Beginning of Life Birth Infancy and Childhood | 106 |
Infancy | 113 |
Law and Childhood Health | 114 |
Law and Education | 117 |
Juvenile Justice in America | 123 |
The Sundry Legal Benchmarks of Adulthood | 125 |
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Scarcely Any ProblemThe Dominion of Laws in America | 37 |
Ubiquity and Ambiguity at the Millennium | 42 |
Law on the Web | 43 |
In and Around the Web The Structures and Processes of Law | 47 |
The Criminal and Civil Processes | 56 |
Conclusion | 66 |
Denizens of the Web Lawyers Judges Juries and Interest Groups | 69 |
Judges | 73 |
Juries | 76 |
Interest Groups | 78 |
Conclusion | 81 |
Law and the Web of Life | 83 |
Introduction | 85 |
Law and Relationships | 87 |
Family v the State | 88 |
What Is a Family? | 89 |
The Decision to Dissolve a Family | 91 |
Breach of Promise to Marry | 93 |
Intrafamily Litigation | 94 |
To Procreate or Not to Procreate | 97 |
SameSex Relationships | 99 |
Abortion | 100 |
Conclusion | 126 |
Law on the Web | 127 |
Law and Identity | 129 |
Group Identity | 144 |
Conclusion | 149 |
Law on the Web | 150 |
Law and the End of Life | 152 |
Death and Dying | 155 |
Ancient Concerns of Succession | 165 |
Conclusion | 167 |
Law and Political Economy | 169 |
Community Relational Politics and the Founders Solutions | 170 |
Law and Political Economy in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries | 171 |
Advocacy | 175 |
Communication Community and Law | 177 |
Communications Technology Politics and Law | 179 |
Community Relational Distance and Political Economy | 182 |
Conclusions | 184 |
Law on the Web | 186 |
Epilogue The Dominion of Laws in America | 187 |
The Ambiguous Web | 188 |
Notes | 191 |
References | 219 |
Cases Cited | 230 |
Index | 235 |
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