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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > law and society research > The Law and Society Association
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The Law and Society Association  

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  • Before the Second World War, there was only sporadic interest in the United States in sociolegal studies, that is, studies of law from the standpoint of one or more of the social sciences. In the 1920s and 1930s, a few legal scholars pioneered in empirical studies of the legal system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Law and Society Association, the]

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