Law, Justice, and Society: A Sociolegal Introduction

by Anthony Walsh, Craig Hemmens, Marianne Hudson

An accessible and lively introduction to the field, Law, Justice, and Society: A Sociolegal Introduction , Sixth Edition, explores the relationship between legal systems and other social institutions using a distinctive sociological point of view. Anthony Walsh, Craig Hemmens, and Marianne Hudson provide detailed discussions of the various ways in which law impacts people based on race, class, gender, and age while also introducing students to the origins of the law, the history and development of the American legal system, the sociology of law, court structure, and the difference between civil and criminal law.

512 pages, Paperback

First published December 20, 2007

Reviews

[Kat]

Criminologists are maybe the worst type of sociologists

[Moris]

Rather basic. There are other textbooks out there on the same topics that are better than this.

[mal h]

4th edition is deranged lmao