Austin Sarat 
The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society 

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society is an
authoritative study of the relationship between law and social
interaction. Thirty-two original essays by an international group
of expert scholars examine a wide range of critical questions.
Authors represent various theoretical, methodological, and
political commitments, creating the first truly global overview of
the field.

* * Examines the relationship between law and social interactions
in thirty-three original essay by international experts in the
field.

* Reflects the world-wide significance of North American law and
society scholarship.

* Addresses classical areas and new themes in law and society
research, including: the gap between law on the books and law in
action; the complexity of institutional processes; the significance
of new media; and the intersections of law and identity.

* Engages the exciting work now being done in England, Europe,
Australia, and New Zealand, South Africa, Israel, as well as ‘Third
World’ scholarship.

Over de auteur

Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. He was President of the Law and Society Association in 1998-1999, and is currently president of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. He is the author or editor of over 50 books, including Cultural Pluralism. Identity Politics and the Law (edited with Thomas Kearns, 1999), Cause Lawyering and the State in a Global Era (edited with Stuart Scheingold, 2001), Pain, Death, and the Law (2001), When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition (2001), and Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies (edited with Thomas R. Kearns, 2001).