《REFORE THE LAW AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL PROCESS》

Chapter One A Theoretical Overview3

Assembly Line B. Traven4

1 Legal Reasoning12

The Bramble BushKarl N. Llewellyn13

State v. Pendergrass15

Joyner v. Joyner17

State v. Black19

State v. Rhodes20

State v. Mabrey23

The Bramble BushKarl N. Llewellyn24

State v. Oliver26

2 Law and Official Discretion28

The Judging Process and the Judge's PersonalityJerome Frank29

A Forgery Case36

A Case of Robbery and Rape42

3 Law and Values43

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens44

The Human Fetus as Useful Research Material52

Cook v. State53

4 Law and Conflicting Interests55

The Case of the Spoiled ChilesLaura Nader58

Susquehanna Fertilizer Co. v. Malone59

Madison v. Ducktown Sulphur, Copper ＆ Iron Co.61

Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.66

Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp.69

5 Law, Status, Wealth, and Power73

Streich v. General Motors Corp.75

The State V. I. Lenin78

From Day Clean to First DarkKenneth Stampp81

Thornton and Wife v. The Suffolk Manufacturing Company85

Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. NLRB91

NLRB v. Yeshiva University98

6 Law and Popular Will106

The Cheyenne WayKarl N. Llewellyn and E. Adamson Hoebel108

Law and AuthorityPeter Kropotkin112

IRS Response to the Illegal Tax Protester Movement119

United States v. Carlson126

United States v. Catlett130

Conclusion134

Suggested Additional Readings135

Chapter Two The Police139

Shooting an ElephantGeorge Orwell140

1 A Citizen's Perspective145

Police Questioning of Law Abiding CitizensCharles A. Reich145

Brown v. Texas155

2 Legal Perspectives158

A. Police-Citizen Encounters158

Terry v. State of Ohio158

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Harry Mimms167

Delaware v. Prouse174

People v. John181

B. The Exclusionary Rule184

Why Suppress Valid Evidence?Malcolm Richard Wilkey185

The Exclusionary Rule: Have Critics Proven That It Doesn't Deter Police?Bradley Canon187

3 The Media Perspective192

Television, the Law, and the PoliceStephen Arons and Ethan Katsh193

4 Discretionary Justice200

Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into CustodyWayne R. LaFave201

5 A Societal Perspective203

The Police Role in an Urban SocietyBernard L. Garmire205

The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove Center for Research on Criminal Justice209

Jammed Tokyo's Crime Rate Is Far Below New York'sSydney H. Schanberg214

People v. Zelinski218

Suggested Additional Readings223

Chapter Three The Legal Profession227

1 The Lawyer in Society229

The Temper of the Legal Profession in the United StatesAlexis de Tocqueville231

The Impact of Social Backgrounds of Lawyers on Law Practice and the LawJack Ladinsky235

LawyersC. Wright Mills244

2 Legal Education251

The Trouble with Law SchoolScott Turow252

Law School: Caught in the Paradigmatic SqucezeJohn J. Bonsignore257

The Ordinary Religion of the Law School ClassroomRoger C. Cramton262

The Sorcerer and His MagicClaude Levi-Strauss269

3 The Lawyer in the Legal System272

The Ethics of AdvocacyCharles P. Curtis272

The "Fight" Theory versus the "Truth" TheoryJerome Frank279

The Practice of Law as Confidence GameAbraham S. Blumberg285

"I Have Nothing To Do With Justice"James Mills292

Trickster, Hero, Helper: A Report on the Lawyer ImageMarvin W. Mindes with Alan C. Acock307

4 The Lawyer and Social Reform310

Why the "Haves" Come Out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal ChangeMarc Galanter311

At the Edge of LawJohn J. Bonsignore323

Suggested Additional Readings329

Chapter Four Community Participation in Legal Process331

1 The Jury as a Form of Community Participation334

A. The Jury in a Cultural Context334

The Ordeal as a Vehicle for Divine Intervention in Medieval EuropeWilliam J. Tewksbury334

Note on the History of the Jury Trial336

U.S. Constitution338

People v. Collins339

The Trial of the FutureBernard Botein and Murray A. Gordon346

B. The Jury as a Political Institution351

Trial by Jury in the United StatesAlexis de Tocqueville351

Duncan v. Louisiana355

Excerpt from The Transformation of American Law Morton Horwitz358

Jury Nullification-The Right to Say NoA. Scheflin360

Jury Instructions365

United States v. Dougherty365

C. The Waning of the American Jury373

Williams v. Florida373

Johnson v. Louisiana374

Apodaca et al. v. Oregon376

The Waning of the American JuryHans Zeisel376

Note on the Use of Expert Testimony in Jury Trials380

Note on the Ethics of Selecting Jurors381

Note on Constitutional Protection of Fair Jury Selection383

D. Conscience, Individual and Collective: A Problem injury Deliberation388

Excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"Martin Luther King, Jr.390

The Trial of Sam LovejoyStephen Davis392

2 Community Participation: Other Forms, Other Cultures399

When Two Twists Led the Cheyennes Against the Crows399

People's Court in China: Trial of a Divorce CaseDoris Brin Walker402

The Cuban Popular TribunalsJesse Berman406

The Relegalization of CubaPeter Irons411

Mediation in America414

New Justice Theories and PracticeRaymond Shonholtz415

Mediating Disputes: An AmericanParadox Janet Rifkin420

3 Law, Community, and the Individual423

Introduction toWayward Puritans Kai Erikson423

Cheyenne Way: Claims and Law-WaysKarl N. Llewellyn and E. Adamson Hoebel427

From Law in Modern Society Roberto Unger428

The Evolution and Development of the Chinese Legal SystemVictor H. Li430

Suggested Additional Readings436

Chapter Five Punishment439

1 Views of Punishment441

Reflections on the GuillotineAlbert Camus441

FromPunishment and Social Structure Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer445

FromDiscipline and Punish Michel Foucault446

Furman v. Georgia450

Gregg v. Georgia451

Lockett v. Ohio454

2 Institutionalization and Reform458

Behavior Modification in Total InstitutionsDavid Rothman458

Holt v. Sarver461

Rules and Regulations for Inmates at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois468

3 Rehabilitation471

Behavior Modification in Total InstitutionsDavid Rothman471

Behavior Modification in Total InstitutionsDavid Rothman475

4 Beyond Rehabilitation480

Is Rehabilitation Dead?Seymour L. Halleck and Ann D. Witte480

Sentencing Reform and Prosecutorial PowerAlbert W. Alschuler486

Conclusion488

Suggested Additional Readings489

Chapter Six Images of Law and Society491

The Masks of the LawPeter d'Errico493

The Law Is Terror Put Into WordsPeter d'Errico496

1 Shaking Belief500

In Death's Grey LandPhilip Caputo500

In the Name of the PeopleTiziano Terzani507

The PlagueAlbert Camus511

2 Lions and Lambs515

Virginian LiberatorsJohn T. Noonan, Jr.515

The Rule of Law Versus the Order of CustomStanley Diamond520

Cracking the SafeChuang Tzu533

3 Systematic Thought535

Socialist Law and Legal InstitutionsMichael E. Tigar535

The Organizational RevolutionFrederick C. Thayer542

4 The Perfect Illusions548

The Poverty of the Sociology of Deviance: Nuts, Sluts, and PrevertsAlexander Liazos548

Address to the Prisoners in the Cook County JailClarence Darrow556

Suggested Additional Readings562

Index565