Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Overview -- Conceptualizations of Law -- Types of Law -- Major Legal Systems -- Functions of Law -- Dysfunctions of Law -- Paradigms of Society -- Options for Sociologists -- 2 Theoretical Perspectives -- Evolution of Legal Systems -- Theories of Law and Society -- Current Intellectual Movements in Law -- 3 The Organization of Law -- Courts -- Legislatures -- Administrative Agencies -- Law Enforcement Agencies -- 4 Lawmaking -- Perspectives on Lawmaking -- Legislation -- Administrative Lawmaking -- Influences on the Lawmaking Processes -- Sources of Impetus for Law -- 5 Law and Social Control -- Informal Social Controls -- Formal Social Controls -- Crimes Without Victims -- White-Collar Crime -- Abuse of Social Control of Dissent -- Administrative Law and Social Control -- 6 Law and Dispute Resolution -- A Note on Terminology -- Methods of Dispute Resolution -- Demands for Court Services in Dispute Resolution -- Prerequisites for the Use of Courts in Dispute Resolution -- A Typology of Litigants -- Disputes Between Individuals -- Disputes Between Individuals and Organizations -- Disputes Between Organizations -- 7 Law and Social Change -- Reciprocity Between Law and Social Change -- Social Changes as Causes of Legal Changes -- Law as an Instrument of Social Change -- Advantages of Law in Creating Social Change -- Limitations of Law in Creating Social Change -- Resistance to Change -- 8 The Legal Profession -- Background -- The Professionalization of Lawyers -- The Evolution of the Canadian Legal Profession -- The Profession Today -- Where the Lawyers Are -- Lawyers and Money -- Competition for Business -- Legal Services for the Poor and the Not-So-Poor -- Law Schools -- Bar Admission -- Bar Associations as Interest Groups -- Professional Discipline