Appropriate for courses in Sociology, Political Science and Criminal Justice departments, specifically for the Sociology of Law, Law and Society, and Introduction to Law. This text examines the intertwining relationship between law and society. The central themes of the text emphasize the relationship of social conditions, social ideas andpeople to the creation, interpretation and use of law. These three concepts are further used to illustrate how law is formulated in a cross-cultural context, as well as within the confines of gender, race and social class.