Law and inequality: Race, Gender. . . and, of Course, Class

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue , 1996, Pages 187-212

  Seron, Carroll ^a   Munger, Frank ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Class theory; Legal institutions; Sociology of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242620624     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.22.1.187     Document Type: Article

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