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Bridging the fields of sociology, legal and social theory, and moral philosophy, Philip SelznickOs scholarship has inspired countless students and readers. In this volume, twenty-four distinguished scholars explore the enduring significance of SelznickOs work in a variety of social contexts, particularly the search for responsive law and governance, humane institutions, and a sensible balance between freedom and communal life.

Table of Contents

Part 1 I Introduction
Chapter 2 1 Selznick's Subjects
Part 3 II Basic Commitments
Chapter 4 2 Philip Selznick, Normative Theory, and the Rule of Law
Chapter 5 3 Technique and Law
Chapter 6 4 Taking Ideals Seriously: Philip Selznick and the Natural-Law Tradition
Part 7 III The Ideal of Legality
Chapter 8 5 On "Responsive Law"
Chapter 9 6 Does Law Promise Justice?
Chapter 10 7 Philip Selznick and the Common-Law Tradition
Chapter 11 8 Legality and Its Discontents
Chapter 12 9 The Structure of Legality: The Cultural Contradictions of Social Institutions
Chapter 13 10 Philip Selznick's Conception of Law and Legal Sociology: A View from Japan
Part 14 IV Legality in Particular Settings and the Sociology of Institutions
Chapter 15 11 Legality and the Endogeneity of Law
Chapter 16 12 Employee Involvement Postcollective Bargaining
Chapter 17 13 Justice and Legitimacy in Work Organizations
Chapter 18 14 Remedying Organizational Discrimination
Chapter 19 15 Responsive Law and the Judicial Process: Implications for the Judicial Function
Chapter 20 16 Democratic Policing and the Rule of Law
Chapter 21 17 The Lawyers Did It: The Cigarette Manufacturers' Policy Toward Smoking and Health
Chapter 22 18 The Statesman: Revisiting Leadership in Administration
Chapter 23 19 Hybrid Laws: Constitutionalizing Private Governance Networks
Part 24 V The Search for Community
Chapter 25 20 Responsible to Whom? The Boundaries of Community in A Racially Divided Society
Chapter 26 21 Selznick and Civics
Chapter 27 22 Law, Society, and the Search for Community
Chapter 28 23 Lessons from the Right to Silence

Product details

Published 18 Dec 2001
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 416
ISBN 9781461704676
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Robert A. Kagan

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Martin Krygier

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Kenneth Winston

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Martha Derthick

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Patricia Ewick

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Malcolm Feely

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Hugh Heclo

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Martin Krygier

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Michael Lacey

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David Lieberman

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Philippe Nonet

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Kahei Rokumoto

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Edward Rubin

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Susan S. Silbey

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Susan Sturm

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Gunther Teubner

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Tom Tyler

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Paul van Seters

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