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Law And Inequality: Race, Gender…And, Of Course, Class, Carroll Serron, Frank W. Munger
Law And Inequality: Race, Gender…And, Of Course, Class, Carroll Serron, Frank W. Munger
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This chapter discusses the concept of class in an important subfield, the sociology of law. Class, a pivotal institution of society, was central to the earliest studies of legal institutions and of law and inequality in particular. More recently, class has played a less important role. This chapter argues for the continuing importance of class and provides examples of its potential use in contemporary sociolegal research. The first part reviews early work that employed class and instrumental models of the state. Grounded, anti-formal models of law provided a contrasting view. Following wider trends in the discipline, sociology of law turned …