Keith F Hawkins

Go MAD: Make a Difference

Today's teen have it harder than ever before, and they know it! The daily headlines spell out doom and gloom, and it often seems that chaos rules the day. But this generation is not going to patiently sit back. They've got too much on the ball for that. All they need is some direction. Go M.A.D., th...

Making Regulatory Policy

Contributors: Barry Boyer; Colin S. Diver; Daniel J. Gifford; Keith Hawkins; Peter K. Manning; Errol Meidinger; Robert L. Rabin; Paul Rock; and John M. Thomas. Few scholars have applied modern behavioral and organization theory to study U.S. regulatory agencies, and fewer still have integrated this ...

Environment and Enforcement: Regulation and the Social Definition of Pollution (Oxford Socio-legal Studies)

Based on two years of participant observation of the work of two Regional Water Authorities, this book discusses the social and economic regulation of water pollution control. Hawkins focuses on the issue of compliance, the difficulties of enforcement, and the daily routines of protecting water qual...

The Uses of Discretion (Oxford Socio-Legal Studies)

Discretion is a pervasive phenomenon in legal systems. It is of concern to lawyers because it can be a force for advancing the broad purposes of law and subverting them. For social scientists this phenomenon is an important form of decision-making behavior, one in which legal rules are merely one fo...

Law As Last Resort: Prosecution Decision-Making in a Regulating Agency (Oxford Socio-Legal Studies)

In almost all legal disputing, formalities are employed as a last resort. This book presents a new theory of decision-making, exploring the conditions under which prosecution is employed to handle occupational health and safety problems. It is a valuable resource for students and scholars of law, re...

Psychology, law, and legal processes (Oxford socio-legal studies)

Law, legal orocess and jurisprudence share with psychology a fundamental concern with how people think, feel and behave, with the causes and modification of behavior and the processes of perception, memory and decision-making.

The Human Face of Law: Essays in Honour of Donald Harris

These essays by leading scholars provide rich insights into current thinking in socio-legal studies and a thoughtful evaluation of future directions.

The Uses of Discretion

The Uses of Discretion

The Human Face of Law: Essays in Honour of Donald Harris

Environment and Enforcement: Regulation and the Social Definition of Pollution

Environment and Enforcement: Regulation and the Social Definition of Pollution

Law As Last Resort: Prosecution Decision-Making in a Regulating Agency

Law As Last Resort: Prosecution Decision-Making in a Regulating Agency

Psychology, Law, and Legal Processes