Societal Agents in Law Quantitative Research
In this two-volume set, Larry D. Barnett delves into the macrosociological sources of law concerned with society-important social activities in a structurally complex, democratically governed nation. Barnett explores why, when, and where particular proscr
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Societal Agents in Law Quantitative Research
Societal Agents in Law
Larry D. Barnett
Societal Agents in Law Quantitative Research
Larry D. Barnett Widener University Delaware Law School Wilmington, DE, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-02003-3 ISBN 978-3-030-02004-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02004-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964418 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © ArisSui, Stock / Getty Images Plus, designed by Tom Howey This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Preface
The scholarly enterprise is notable for the variety of forms it takes. Interdisciplinarity, one of these forms, is a hallmark of Societal Agents in Law. Specifically, the book draws on three fields and my background in each: Its subject matter and style result from my training in law and from my long experience as a law school professor; its theory comes from my schooling in sociology; and its quantitative evidence is built on my work in demography. Hopefully, the book has blended the foregoing fields in an effective manner and improves our understanding of what it is about, namely, the societal determinants of the content of law. Especially in modern nations, these determinants merit attention. Social development has gone the farthest in modern nations and is associated with a larger volume of law.1 As social development proceeds and doctrines of law become more frequent, the doctrines will be more varied in content. Quite correctly, then, those of us who reside in a modern society sense that law is omnipresent and complex. The ubiquity and intricacy of law are significant in their own right, of course, but t
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