Working Law
Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights
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PART I. The Interplay of Law and Organizations
CHAPTER 1. Introduction
CHAPTER 2. The Endogeneity of Law
CHAPTER 3. Ambiguous Law and the Erosion of the Progressive Vision in the Courts
PART II. Law in the Workplace
CHAPTER 4. Professional Framing of the Legal Environment
CHAPTER 5. The Diffusion of Symbolic Structures
CHAPTER 6. The Managerialization of Law
PART III. The Workplace in Law
CHAPTER 7. The Mobilization of Symbolic Structures
CHAPTER 8. Legal Deference to Symbolic Compliance
CHAPTER 9. Symbolic Civil Rights and the Endogeneity of Law
Notes
Bibliography
Index
American Sociological Association: ASA Distinguished Book Award
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APSA Law and Courts Section: C. Herman Pritchett Award
Honorable Mention
Sociology of Law section, American Sociological Association: Distinguished Book Award
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The Academy of Management: George R. Terry Book Award
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Law and Legal Studies: Law and Society
Political Science: Race and Politics
Sociology: Formal and Complex Organizations
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