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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... parties and interest groups , involved in the judicial proc- ess that are observed elsewhere in our system of gov- ernment . Perhaps it is impossible to understand law without understanding the politics surrounding it . In any event ...
... parties agree that defendant was travelling at a legal rate of speed . To find defendant guilty of the violation charged— V & T Law § 1120 ( b ) —when he was travelling within the speed limit , albeit at the maximum , would require that ...
... parties and transactions that fall under their umbrella . It also represents temporary out- comes of the quintessential game of high - stakes politics ( e.g. , Kerwin 1994 ) . Law as Referee Not all activities , however , in a specified ...
... parties will set in motion some plan of action designed to influence the outcome . The particular strategy a party deploys will depend upon a range of factors , such as expectations for the future ( are the parties involved in an ...
... parties . This means that a sense of community is promoted through the litigation process . Courts compete with other forms of conflict resolu- tion . To the extent that they win the competition , they enhance government stability and ...
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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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Law and the Web of Society Cynthia L. Cates,Wayne V. McIntosh Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2001 |