Making Law: The State, the Law, and Structural ContradictionsWilliam J. Chambliss, Marjorie S. Zatz " . . . a distinct, broad, but compelling framework for examining a variety of laws and social policies." —Legal Studies Forum |
Contents
On Lawmaking | 3 |
The Creation of Criminal Law and Crime Control | 36 |
The Political Economy of Opium and Heroin 65 | 85 |
The Italian Case | 168 |
An Empirical | 203 |
Assessment of Three Competing Models of Political Power | 261 |
StateOrganized Crime | 290 |
A Study of Seven CIA Plans | 315 |
A Conflict Model | 347 |
Collective Embezzlement | 379 |
Structural Contradictions and the Production of New Legal | 404 |
Future Directions | 423 |
Contributors | 431 |
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