Law and the Social Role of Science
Author: Conference On Law And The Social Role Of Science. 1965. New York
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Published: 1966
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harry Willmer Jones
Publisher: Rockefeller Univ. Press
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on the proceedings of a conference under the auspices of the Rockefeller University and the Walter E. Meyer Research Institute of Law.
Author: Patricia Ewick
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 1999-06-10
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1610441915
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Social science has been an important influence on legal thought since the legal realists of the1930s began to argue that laws should be socially workable as well as legally valid. With the expansion of legal rights in the 1960s, the law and social science were bound together by an optimistic belief that legal interventions, if fully informed by social science, could become an effective instrument of social improvement. Legal justice, it was hoped, could translate directly into social justice. Though this optimism has receded in both disciplines, social science and the law have remained intimately connected. Social Science, Social Policy, and the Law maps out this new relationship, applying social science to particular legal issues and reflecting upon the role of social science in legal thought. Several case studies illustrate the way that the law is embedded within the tangled interests and incentives that drive the social world. One study examines the entrepreneurialism that has shaped our systems of punishment from the colonial practice of deportation to today's privatized jails. Another case shows how many of those who do not qualify for legal aid cannot afford an effective legal defense with the consequence that economic inequality leads to inequality before the law. Two other studies look at the mixed results of legal regulation: the failure of legal safeguards to stop NASA's fatal 1986 Challenger launch decision, and the complicated effects of regulations to curb conflicts of interest in law firms. These two cases demonstrate that the law's effectiveness can depend, not only on how it is drafted, but also on how well it harmonizes with pre-existing social norms and patterns of self-regulation. The contributors to this volume share the belief that social science can and should influence legal policymaking. Empirical research is necessary to offset anecdotal evidence and untested assertions. But research that is acceptable to the academy may not stand up in court, and, as a result, social science does not always get a sympathetic hearing from legal decision makers. The relationship between social science and the law will always be complex; this volume takes a lead in showing how it can nonetheless be productive.
Author: Elizabeth Mertz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 654
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The legal system relies on social science for answers to many tough questions. Social scientists study issues relevant to law. But are law and social science talking past one another? This collection of important articles and essays explores the difficult process of translation between these two fields, drawing on three different scholarly perspectives - the 'insider' approach which views social science as a tool that lawyers can use for legal ends, the 'outsider' approach of the law and society or sociology of law movement, and the study of the language of law. Each section of the volume combines theoretical articles with specific empirical examples, ranging from the death penalty through anti-discrimination law to family violence.
Author: Robin Feldman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 0195368584
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The allure of science -- Internalization of science in modern law -- Externalization in modern law -- The repetitions of history -- The nature of law -- What is science? -- Misunderstanding the limits of science -- Improving the role of science in law.