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    Law & society in transition : toward responsive law / Philippe Nonet, Philip Selznick ; with a new introduction by Robert A. Kagan.

    • Title:Law & society in transition : toward responsive law / Philippe Nonet, Philip Selznick ; with a new introduction by Robert A. Kagan.
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    • Variant Title:Law and society in transition
    • Author/Creator:Nonet, Philippe.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Selznick, Philip, 1919-2010.
    • Published/Created:New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©2001.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Sociological jurisprudence.
    • Description:xxviii, 122 p. ; 23 cm
    • Notes:Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1978. With new introd.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0765806428 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      9780765806420 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:I. Jurisprudence and Social Science
      Legal Theory and the Crisis of Authority
      A Social-Science Strategy
      A Developmental Model
      II. Repressive Law
      Repression and the Economy of Power
      The Official Perspective
      The Apparatus of Coercion
      Dual Law and Class Justice
      Legal Moralism and Punitive Law
      III. Autonomous Law
      Legitimacy and Autonomy
      The Separation of Law and Politics
      Legal Formalism and the Model of Rules
      Procedure and Self-Restraint
      The Claim to Obedience
      Legal Criticism and Legal Development
      IV. Responsive Law
      The Sovereignty of Purpose
      Obligation and Civility
      Legal and Political Participation
      From Fairness to Competence
      Epilogue: Two Ways Law Can Die.
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