本书作者把研究对象确定在中国古代社会中的法律，以期对中国历史上的法律提供一种社会学的解释。在兼跨社会学、历史学、法律这三个学科领域之间，开创了法律史与社会史结合的研究范式，形成了一种新的学术研究体系，被称为“法律社会史”。本书是这一领域的经典著作，初版至今已60余年，并有作者自己的英文译本传世，在西方汉学界广有影响。

By investigating how a 1943 legal dispute over an arranged marriage in a Chinese village became a legal and political exemplar as well as a series of cultural products presented on the national stage, this book examines the social and cultural significance of Chinese revolutionary legal practice in the construction of marriage and gender relations. The book seeks a conceptual b...(展开全部)

罗志田，1952年生，普林斯顿大学博士，历任四川人学历史系、北京大学历史系教授，著有《再造文明的尝试：胡适传》(2006)、《二十世纪的中国思想与学术掠影》(2001)、《乱世潜流：民族主义与民国政治》(2001)、《国家与学术：清季民初关于“国学”的思想论争》(2003)，主编《二十世纪的中国：学术与社会(史学卷)》(2001)。

This book, a prize-winning history of American law in the twentieth century, is a successor to Lawrence Friedman's landmark work A History of American Law. It chronicles the explosion of law over the past century into almost every aspect of American life and the extent to which social transformation has contributed to significant shifts within the legal system.

A history of American law in the 20th century. It describes the explosion of law over the past century into almost every aspect of American life. Since 1900 the centre of legal gravity in the United States has shifted from the state to the federal government, with the creation of agencies and programmes ranging from Social Security to the Securities Exchange Commission to the F...(展开全部)

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing that the eighteenth century in China was a time of profound change in sexual matters. During this time, the basic organizing principle for state regulation of sexuality shifted away from status, under which members of different groups ...(展开全部)

苏成捷（Matthew H. Sommer），加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校历史学博士，现为斯坦福大学历史系教授。擅长利用司法档案研究清代中国的性、社会性别关系和法律。出版有Sex，Law， and Society in Late Imperial China和Polyandry and Wife-selling in Qing Dynasty China两部学术专著，并在Late Imperial China、Modern China等学术刊物上发表论文多篇。 谢美裕，斯坦福大学历史学博士，历任斯坦福大学人文学概论讲师与俄亥俄州立大学马里恩校区历史系助理教授。 尤陈俊，中国人民大学法学院教授、博士生导师，教育部青年长江学者（2018年度）。在国内外学术刊物上发表论文多篇，出版有专著《聚讼纷纭》《法律知识的文字传播》，《从诉讼档案出发》等多部编著，以及译著...(展开全部)

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing that the eighteenth century in China was a time of profound change in sexual matters. During this time, the basic organizing principle for state regulation of sexuality shifted away from status, under which members of different groups ...(展开全部)

苏成捷（Matthew H. Sommer），加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校历史学博士，现为斯坦福大学历史系教授。擅长利用司法档案研究清代中国的性、社会性别关系和法律。出版有Sex，Law， and Society in Late Imperial China和Polyandry and Wife-selling in Qing Dynasty China两部学术专著，并在Late Imperial China、Modern China等学术刊物上发表论文多篇。 谢美裕，斯坦福大学历史学博士，历任斯坦福大学人文学概论讲师与俄亥俄州立大学马里恩校区历史系助理教授。 尤陈俊，中国人民大学法学院教授、博士生导师，教育部青年长江学者（2018年度）。在国内外学术刊物上发表论文多篇，出版有专著《聚讼纷纭》《法律知识的文字传播》，《从诉讼档案出发》等多部编著，以及译著...(展开全部)