Conclusion

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Conclusion

• Sociology 641

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Review of Law and Social Change

• Three perspectives on Law and Social Change
• Pluralist
• Critical
• Institutionalist
• Institutional Filters
• Legal Profession
• Judges
• Juries
• Legal Transformation...
• Of Disputes
• Of Politics

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Central Debates

• Primary
• Cultural vs. Material
• Conflict vs. Consensus
• Secondary
• Dependent Variable vs. Independent Variable
• Law-on-the-Books vs. Law-in-Action

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Unit II Micro-Foundations
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Unit III Macro-Structures
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Law and Social Change
The Independent Causal Significance of Law
Society
Legal System
Social Pressure
Legal Institutions
Law on the Books
Law in Action
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Central Lessons

• The Social Nature of Law
• Unit II Legal Decisions are Social Decisions
• Unit III Legal Structure is Social Structure
• Unit IV Legal Institutions are Social
  Institutions
• The Multifaceted Nature of Sociology of Law