Title: Consequences :
Authors: Bogart, W. A.
Date: 2002
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Physical description: xii, 405 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: K
Contents: 1. So Decried, So Demanded -- 2. Compliance with the Law -- Deterrence and its Alternatives -- 3. The Complexities of the Law [unintended consequences, 'no-fault' movement] -- 4. Six Ideas about the Impact of the Law -- America the Outlier [ineffectiveness, national styles of regulation, impact of litigation] -- 5. Punishment -- and Capital Punishment -- 6. Smoking -- and Waves of Cultural Antagonism -- 7. The Environment -- Sunshine or Apocalypse? [growth of environmentalism, international trade] -- 8. Pornography -- Fractured Protests, Harms , and Unstoppable Technology [Canada Experiments: The Supreme Court of Canada and 'Harm': R. v. Butler, Pornography and the Internet] -- 9. Discrimination, the Law -- and Blacks in America [Evaluating Title VII, Employment Opportunities, Affirmative Action, Brown v. Board of Education] -- 10. Conclusions : The Consequences of Law, the Limits of Litigation, the Need for Pragmatism.
Subject headings (LCSH): Law--Philosophy.; Law--United States.; Sociological jurisprudence.