Donald Black's Sociology of Law: A Critique

1 January 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Law & Society Review

Vol. 17 (2) , 337-368
https://doi.org/10.2307/3053351

Abstract

The paper examines the theoretical and empirical adequacy of Donald Black's (1976) The Behavior of Law. The work is found to be logically incoherent and its operationalization of variables problematic. The evidence that bears on its propositions does not consistently support them.

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