Originally published in 1981 Law, State and Society confronts many of the most important issues within the developing field of law and society.

Bob Fryer, Alan J. Hunt, Doreen McBarnet, Bert Moorhouse

Nicos Poulantzas 1. Law, State and Society 2. How the Law Rules: Variations on Some Themes in Karl Marx 3. The Development of Capitalism and the Formalisation of Contract Law 4. Theory and Practice in Law and History: A Prologue to the Study of the Relationship between Law and Economy from a Socio-Historical Perspective 5. Sociology in Jurisprudence: The Problem of 'Law' as Object of Knowledge 6. State, Redundancy and the Law 7. The Law and the Use of Troops in Industrial Disputes 8. Stereotyping: Familism in the Law 9. 'All Police is Conning Bastards' - Policing and the Problem of Consent Notes on Contributors Index