Law, state and society

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 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 -- Name Index