Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

volume I. Translating law-and-society for today's legal practice / edited by Elizabeth Mertz (American Bar Foundation and University of Wisconsin School of Law), Stewart Macaulay (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas W. Mitchell (Texas A&M University School of Law and Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics). Preface / Michael McCann -- Introduction : new legal realism : law and social science in the new millennium / Elizabeth Mertz -- A new legal realism : elegant models and the messy law in action / Stewart Macaulay -- Putting the "real world" into traditional classroom teaching / Jane H. Aiken and Ann Shalleck -- Some realism about realism in teaching about the legal profession / Ann Southworth, Bryant Garth, and Catherine Fisk -- "Fielding" legal realism : law students as participant- observers? / Riaz Tejani -- Legal r/realism and jurisprudence : ten theses / William Twining -- Legal realism in context / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Legal storytelling as a variety of legal realism / Robert W. Gordon -- Combining methods for a new synthesis in law and empirical research / Elizabeth Mertz and Katherine Barnes -- New legal realism and inequality / Thomas W. Mitchell -- The financial crisis and moral accountability : translating practices of risk, profit and uncertainty / Alex Tham -- The moment of possibles : some new legal realism about a "reality thriller" case / Hadi Nicholas Deeb -- Translating law across cultures and societies : a conversation with David Bellos and Kim Lane Scheppele / David Bellos and Kim Lane Scheppele -- Is there a lingua franca for the American legal academy? / Mary Anne Case.

volume II. Studying law globally / edited by Heinz Klug (University of Wisconsin School of Law) and Sally Engle Merry (New York University). Preface / Michael McCann -- Introduction / Heinz Klug and Sally Engle Merry -- African constitutionalism from the bottom-up / Martin Chanock -- Human rights monitoring, state compliance, and the problem of information / Sally Engle Merry -- Intellectual property and the creation of global rules / Susan K. Sell -- Colonizing the clinic : the adventures of law in HIV treatment and research / Carol A. Heimer and Jaimie Morse -- The politics of Islamic law and human rights : Sudan's rival legal systems / Mark Fathi Massoud -- Women seeking justice at the intersection between vernacular and state laws and courts in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Sindiso Mnisi Weeks -- New legal realism and international law / Gregory Shaffer -- The deconstruction of offshore / Sol Picciotto -- The changing role of lawyers in China : state bureaucrats, market brokers, and political activists / Sida Liu -- The irreconcilable goals of transitional justice / Bronwyn Leebaw -- Pushing states to prosecute atrocity : the Inter-American Court and positive complementarity / Alexandra Huneeus -- When law and social science diverge : causation in the international law of incitement to commit genocide / Richard A. Wilson.

"This is the first of two volumes announcing the emergence of the new legal realism as a field of study. At a time when the legal academy is turning to social science for new approaches, these volumes chart a new course for interdisciplinary research by synthesizing law on the ground, empirical research, and theory. Volume I lays the groundwork for this novel and comprehensive approach with an innovative mix of theoretical, historical, pedagogical, and empirical perspectives. Their empirical work covers such wide-ranging topics as the financial crisis, intellectual property battles, the legal disenfranchisement of African-American landowners, and gender and racial prejudice on law school faculties. The methodological blueprint offered here will be essential for anyone interested in the future of law-and-society"-- Provided by publisher.