This book considers how legal reforms and awareness raising associated with building the rule of law have engaged the popular legal consciousness, producing con

Nobody’s Law shows how people – who are disappointed, disenchanted, and outraged about the justice system – gradually move away from law. Using detailed c

This book looks at why it's so difficult to create 'the rule of law' in post-conflict societies such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and offers critical insights into

Law and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. Decades of researc

The question of how law matters has long been fundamental to the law and society field. Social science scholarship has repeatedly demonstrated that law matters