Introduction : beyond methods : law and society in action -- Stewart Macaulay and "Non-Contractual relations in business" -- Robert Kagan and Regulatory justice -- Malcolm Feeley and the process is the punishment -- Lawrence Friedman and the roots of justice -- John Heinz and Edward Laumann and Chicago lawyers -- Alan Paterson and the law lords -- David Engel and "The oven bird's song" -- Keith Hawkins and environment and enforcement -- Carol Greenhouse and praying for justice -- John Conley and William O'Barr and rules versus relationships -- Sally Engle Merry and getting justice and getting even -- Tom Tyler and why people obey the law -- Doreen McBarnet and "Whiter than white collar crime" -- Gerald Rosenberg and the hollow hope -- Michael McCann and rights at work -- Austin Sarat and William Felstiner and divorce lawyers and their clients -- Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth and dealing in virtue -- Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey and the common place of law -- Hazel Genn and paths to justice -- John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos and global business regulation -- John Hagan and justice in the Balkans -- Conclusion : "Research is a messy business" : an archeology of the craft of sociological research

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