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- catalog contributor b551561.
- catalog created "c1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "c1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1986.".
- catalog description "I. Introduction -- 1. Law as politics -- Key definitions -- The legal system -- The law -- The legal process -- Outline of what follows -- 2. The law -- The abstract definition of law -- The structure of American law -- Justice and the law -- Conclusion".
- catalog description "II. The outer ring: Disputes and disputants -- 3. Disputing processes -- Dispute-processing arenas -- Experience and disputing -- Conclusion -- 4. Disputes in and out of court -- Divorce, children, and property -- Consumer credit -- Commercial litigation -- Politics, disputes, and the law -- Conclusion -- 5. Using the law to promote public order and safety -- Victims and their decision to invoke the criminal law -- Public authorities and the invocation of the criminal law -- Offenders and the criminal law -- Conclusion".
- catalog description "III. Gatekeepers -- 6. Lawyers as gatekeepers -- The structure of the bar -- Implications for gatekeeping -- Political, social, and economic factors in gatekeeping -- Three examples of gatekeeping -- Conclusion -- 7. The police as gatekeepers -- The structure of American police -- The composition of police departments -- Gatekeeping activities of the police -- Conclusion".
- catalog description "IV. Core institutions of the legal system -- 8. Trial courts -- Common elements of trial courts -- Distinctive features of trial courts -- Economics and trial courts -- Politics and trial courts -- Conclusion -- 9. Appellate courts -- The appeals process -- The legal and political functions of appellate courts -- A special case: The United States Supreme Court -- Conclusion -- 10. Legislatures -- The legislative process -- Relations between legislatures and courts -- Legislative law making -- Conclusion -- 11. Administrative agencies -- Implementation of law and policy -- Administrative rule making -- Administrative adjudication -- Conclusion".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog description "V. Constraints on the law -- 12. The limits of law and politics -- Divorce law reform -- Criminal code reform -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xi, 302 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0316455520".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "c1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Little, Brown,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "Courts United States.".
- catalog subject "Judicial process United States.".
- catalog subject "KF380 .J33 1986".
- catalog subject "Law Political aspects.".
- catalog subject "Law United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Introduction -- 1. Law as politics -- Key definitions -- The legal system -- The law -- The legal process -- Outline of what follows -- 2. The law -- The abstract definition of law -- The structure of American law -- Justice and the law -- Conclusion".
- catalog tableOfContents "II. The outer ring: Disputes and disputants -- 3. Disputing processes -- Dispute-processing arenas -- Experience and disputing -- Conclusion -- 4. Disputes in and out of court -- Divorce, children, and property -- Consumer credit -- Commercial litigation -- Politics, disputes, and the law -- Conclusion -- 5. Using the law to promote public order and safety -- Victims and their decision to invoke the criminal law -- Public authorities and the invocation of the criminal law -- Offenders and the criminal law -- Conclusion".
- catalog tableOfContents "III. Gatekeepers -- 6. Lawyers as gatekeepers -- The structure of the bar -- Implications for gatekeeping -- Political, social, and economic factors in gatekeeping -- Three examples of gatekeeping -- Conclusion -- 7. The police as gatekeepers -- The structure of American police -- The composition of police departments -- Gatekeeping activities of the police -- Conclusion".
- catalog tableOfContents "IV. Core institutions of the legal system -- 8. Trial courts -- Common elements of trial courts -- Distinctive features of trial courts -- Economics and trial courts -- Politics and trial courts -- Conclusion -- 9. Appellate courts -- The appeals process -- The legal and political functions of appellate courts -- A special case: The United States Supreme Court -- Conclusion -- 10. Legislatures -- The legislative process -- Relations between legislatures and courts -- Legislative law making -- Conclusion -- 11. Administrative agencies -- Implementation of law and policy -- Administrative rule making -- Administrative adjudication -- Conclusion".
- catalog tableOfContents "V. Constraints on the law -- 12. The limits of law and politics -- Divorce law reform -- Criminal code reform -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Law and politics in the United States / Herbert Jacob.".
- catalog type "text".