| Law and Society contains a collection of penetrating analyses of how sociological factors affect legal processes and outcomes in America and subcultures within the general society, by one of the foremost social scientists of the 20th century, Stanford M. Lyman. The rich collection of articles in this volume contain Dr. Lyman’s ideas, insights, and conceptualizations that both define and illustrate how social scientists think about the intersection of law and society, with important implications for the disciplines of sociology, economics, political science, law, education, demography, anthropology, history, and social psychology. Among the many topics discussed are equality and inequality before the law; clans, secret societies, and other institutions for judicial settlement; community power, group cohesion, and conflict; Chinatown and Little Tokyo: subcultures built on conflict; jurisprudence and juridical cultures; law and sociology; mediation, conciliation, and conflict resolution; community development and immigration legislation in America; racial and ethnic prejudice and juridical interpretation; and affirmative action, reparations, and the Constitution. Stanford M. Lyman, an award-winning writer and lecturer, was Robert R. Morrow Eminent Scholar in Social Science at Florida Atlantic University and held a lifetime appointment to the faculty of Oxford University. Dr. Lyman authored 25 books and more than 100 articles published in numerous professional journals. Five of his books have been recognized as distinguished contributions to sociological scholarship by the Mid-South Sociological Association, and he has received both the Certificate of Recognition from the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the Herbert Mead Award for lifetime contributions to the study of social psychology, given by the Society for Symbolic Interaction. | Testimonials | How to Contact Us | | Gordian Knot Books | | Richard Altschuler & Associates | |