Consequences : the impact of law and its complexity / W.A. Bogart.

Canada and the United States increasingly rely on law to grapple with complex societal issues. What is the impact of this growing dependence on law and legal systems? W.A. Bogart offers a timely and erudite investigation of the impact of law on societies, and how this excessive reliance on law, part...

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Main Author: Bogart, W. A. (William A.) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • So decried, so demanded
  • Compliance with law deterrence and its alternatives
  • The complexities of assessing impact
  • Six ideas about the impact of law
  • Punishment and capital punishment
  • Smoking and waves of cultural antagonism
  • The environment sunshine or apcalypse?
  • Pornography fractured protests, harms, and unstoppable technology
  • Discrimination, the law and blacks in America
  • Conclusions: the consequences of law, the limits of litigation, the need for pragmatism.