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Law and society association university of massachusetts amherst 240 hicks way amherst ma 01003 e mail lsalawandsocietyorg. The study of law and society rests on the belief that legal rules and decisions must be understood in context law is not autonomous standing outside of the social world but is deeply embedded within society while political scientists recognize the fundamentally political nature of law the law and society perspective takes this assumption several steps further by pointing to ways in which . Law and society is written to be highly accessible to the average undergraduate student this multidisciplinary text draws on the work of anthropologists historians law professors political scientists psychologists and sociologists to clearly outline how law is an essential social institution that shapes society while also being shaped