Introduction : beyond methods : law and society in action
Stewart Macaulay and "Non-Contractual relations in business"
Robert Kagan and Regulatory justice
Malcolm Feeley and the process is the punishment
Lawrence Friedman and the roots of justice
John Heinz and Edward Laumann and Chicago lawyers
Alan Paterson and the law lords
David Engel and "The oven bird's song"
Keith Hawkins and environment and enforcement
Carol Greenhouse and praying for justice
John Conley and William O'Barr and rules versus relationships
Sally Engle Merry and getting justice and getting even
Tom Tyler and why people obey the law
Doreen McBarnet and "Whiter than white collar crime"
Gerald Rosenberg and the hollow hope
Michael McCann and rights at work
Austin Sarat and William Felstiner and divorce lawyers and their clients
Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth and dealing in virtue
Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey and the common place of law
Hazel Genn and paths to justice
John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos and global business regulation
John Hagan and justice in the Balkans
Conclusion : "Research is a messy business" : an archeology of the craft of sociological research.