In spite of the surplus of recent and forthcoming titles on interdisciplinary research in law, from legal economics to legal sociology and anthropology, John Monahan and Laurens Walker’s Social Sciences in Law: Cases and Materials has become a classroom classic, recently printing its sixth edition.  The textbook serves as an aide to law students, legal scholars and social scientists conducting legal research alike.

The book contains plenty of specific cases based on legislation, law enforcement and judicial opinions, and offers a vivid discussion of the role social science plays in legal practice and its limitations therein.  Not only does it incorporate social science theory and methodology in individual law cases, but also in analyses of the strategy underlying particular litigation scenarios.

In spite of the surplus of recent and forthcoming titles on interdisciplinary research in law, from legal economics to legal sociology and anthropology, John Monahan and Laurens Walker’s Social Sciences in Law: Cases and Materials has become a classroom classic, recently printing its sixth edition.  The textbook serves as an aide to law students, legal scholars and social scientists conducting legal research alike.

The book contains plenty of specific cases based on legislation, law enforcement and judicial opinions, and offers a vivid discussion of the role social science plays in legal practice and its limitations therein.  Not only does it incorporate social science theory and methodology in individual law cases, but also in analyses of the strategy underlying particular litigation scenarios.

John Monahan is a professor in law and a psychologist while co-author Laurens Walker is a practicing lawyer.

(Translated by Yang Min)