Law, society, and democracy
Subtitle: comparative perspectives
By: special editor of this volume, Richard E. D. Schwartz.
Contributors: Schwartz, Richard E. D.; American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Series: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science -- v. 603.; Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science -- v. 603.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Law -- Political aspects -- Congresses; Democracy -- Congresses; Sociological jurisprudence -- Congresses; Rule of law -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "January 2006."

"The articles presented here were prepared for a conference held in mid-April 2005 at Syracuse University" -- p.8.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Richard E. D. Schwartz; title: Sociological evolution : an introduction / Richard E. D. Schwartz; title: Democracy and equality / Robert Post; title: Reflecting on the rule of law : its reciprocal relation with rights, legitmacy, and other concepts and institutions / Samuel J. M. Donnelly; title: Can the welfare state survive in a globalized legal order? / Samuel Krislov; title: Overcoming Apartheid : can truth reconcile a divided nation? / James L. Gibson; title: The Federal Constitutional Court : guardian of German democracy / Donald P. Kommers; title: Religion, constitutional courts, and democracy in former communist countries / James T. Richardson; title: Transitions to constitutional democracies : the German Democratic Republic / Inga Markovits; title: Sudan : a nation in turbulent search of itself / Francis M. Deng; title: Expecting the unexpected : cultural components of Arab governance / Lawrence Rosen; title: Rule of law and lawyers in Latin America / Rogelio Perez-Perdomo; title: Law and development of constitutional democracy : is China a problem case? / Randall Peerenboom; title: Toward a world rule of law : freedom of expression / Kurt Wimmer; title: Divided nations : the paradox of national protection / Francis M. Deng; title: Views on the ground : the local perception of international criminal tribunals in the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone / Donna E. Arzt; title: Global rule of law or global rule of law enforcement? International police cooperation and counterterrorism / Mathieu Deflem; title: Environmental protection, free trade, and democracy / David M. Driesen; title: Global business : oversite without inhibiting enterprise / John Philip Jones; title: The "good governance" concept revisited / Ved P. Nammnda; title: Sociological evolution : an afterword / Richard E. D. Schwartz / Quick read synopsis : law, society and democracy : comparative perspectives.