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Category: Sociology

Chicago & Wisconsin During the Eisenhower Years

Anthropology Legal Education Legal Scholarship Research Methods SociologyMar 26Jun 25 New Legal Realism Project

In this post, NLR blogger Stewart Macaulay responds to Marc Galanter’s comments here (as Guest Blogger in January 2016) about the University of…

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Mertz on Studying Social Science Ethics

Anthropology Law and Society Psychology Research Methods SociologyJul 30Nov 30 New Legal Realism Project

In recent months, prompted by media coverage of research by sociologist Alice Goffman, a number of law professors have stumbled upon a longstanding…

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Law in action and law on the books: A primer

Economics Law and Society Legal Scholarship Original Legal Realists Psychology SociologyJun 12Mar 14 New Legal Realism Project

We are pleased to welcome a guest blogger, Bill Clune, whose post gives us his “primer” on the concept of law-in-action, a concept…

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NLR BLOG FORUM: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO WOMEN IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION – PART 2: LAW PROFESSORS

Law and Society Legal Education Legal Profession SociologyDec 30Jun 25 New Legal Realism Project

In this entry, Professors Katherine Barnes and Elizabeth Mertz share some findings on women law professors, drawn from their work on the ABF…

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Blog Forum – WOMEN in the LEGAL PROFESSION [Seron]

Legal Profession SociologyNov 30Dec 3 New Legal Realism Project

NLR BLOG FORUM:  What is happening to women in the legal profession? We begin this forum with some observations on the current status…

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KT: Discrimination and law on the ground

Law and Society SociologyDec 21Dec 3 New Legal Realism Project

For legal scholars interested in this question, here’s a little NLR gift! KT’s “quick-start” list of empirical resources on the EFFECTS OF LAW…

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