David O. Friedrichs | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Law in Our Lives is a law and society text that provides an interdisciplinary "mapping" of the nature of law as a social institution. The book is student-oriented and highly readable. Themes addressed include:

* The meaning of law and legal reasoning.
* Law in relation to justice, morality, and religion.
* Explaining law and society: schools of jurisprudence and sociolegal theories.
* Major legal traditions and systems of law.
* Perspectives on comparative law.
* A life in the legal profession.
* An overview of legal institutions and processes.
* Legal culture and beliefs about law and legal behavior.
* Legal ethics.
* Legal socialization.
* How law has been reformed.
* Emerging attributes of law in the 21st century.