Consequences : : The Impact of Law and Its Complexity /

Consequences : : The Impact of Law and Its Complexity / / W.A. Bogart.

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Canada and the United States increasingly rely on law to grapple with complex societal issues. What is the impact of this growing dependence on law and legal systems? W.A. Bogart offers a timely and erudite investigation of the impact of law on societies, and how this excessive reliance on law, part...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Bogart, W.A.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2002
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: The Importance of Law
  • CHAPTER ONE. So Decried, So Demanded
  • PART TWO: The Impact of Law
  • CHAPTER TWO: Compliance with Law - Deterrence and Its Alternatives
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Complexities of Assessing Impact
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Six Ideas about the Impact of Law - America the Outlier
  • PART THREE: The Complexity of Law's Impact: Some Examples
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Punishment - and Capital Punishment
  • CHAPTER SIX. Smoking - and Waves of Cultural Antagonism
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Environment - Sunshine or Apocalypse?
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Pornography - Fractured Protests, Harms(?), and Unstoppable Technology
  • CHAPTER NINE. Discrimination, the Law - and Blacks in America
  • PART FOUR: Conclusions
  • CHAPTER TEN. Conclusions: The Consequences of Law, the Limits of Litigation, the Need for Pragmatism
  • Notes
  • Index

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