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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Societal Stress: Theory, Meaning, and Measurement
1.1 Concepts and Knowledge
1.1.1 The Concept of Societal Stress
1.1.2 The Nature of Societal Stress
1.1.3 An Illustration of Societal Stress: Political Support for Donald J. Trump
1.2 Structural-Functionalism Theory
1.3 The Expression in Law of the Concept of Societal Stress
1.4 Empirical Indicators of Societal Stress
1.4.1 Rate of Incarceration for Crime
1.4.2 Suicide Rate
1.4.3 Total Fertility Rate
1.5 Drivers and Consequences of Societal Stress
1.6 Law Content as a Source of Societal Stress
1.7 The Plan of the Book
1.8 Logistic Regression and Its Role in the Book
Appendix 1. Research on the Impact of Law
Appendix 2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Chapter 2: The Constitution and State Law on Interracial Marriage
2.1 The Federal Constitution and Personal Rights
2.2 The Fourteenth Amendment and Race Distinctions
2.2.1 Brown v. Board of Education
2.2.2 Loving v. Virginia
2.3 A Study of State Bans on Interracial Marriage
2.3.1 Variables and Their Measurement
2.3.1.1 Dependent Variable
2.3.1.2 Independent Variables
2.3.2 Data Analysis
2.3.2.1 Regression Models
2.3.2.2 Model 2A and Model 2C
2.4 Conclusion
Appendix: State Law That as of December 12, 1966
Prohibited Interracial Marriage
Chapter 3: Sex and the Equal Rights Amendment
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 The Likely Social Effect of the ERA
3.1.2 A Macrosociological Account of the ERA
3.1.3 Change in the Social Status of American Women After 1950
3.2 Macrosociological Agents Driving State Opposition to the ERA
3.2.1 Dependent Variable
3.2.2 Independent Variables
3.2.3 Data Analysis
3.2.3.1 nonrat
3.2.3.2 nonratres
3.2.4 Summary
3.3 American Society and the ERA
Chapter 4: Same-Sex Marriage
4.1 Same-Sex Marriage in the United States
4.1.1 Law on Same-Sex Marriage
4.1.2 Attitudes in the United States Toward Same-Sex Marriage
4.2 Macrosociological Causes of the Content of State Law on Same-Sex Marriage
4.2.1 Dependent Variable
4.2.2 Independent Variables
4.2.3 Data Analysis
4.3 Conclusion
Appendix. State Law on the Sex Composition of Couples Allowed to Marry: June 26, 2015
Chapter 5: Wrapping Up
5.1 The Rationale for the Concept of Societal Stress in Scholarship on Law
5.2 The Studies of Societal Stress and Law: A Synthesis of Findings
5.3 Societal Stress and Law: Topics for Future Inquiry
5.4 China and the ``One-Birth ́́Policy
5.5 Some Final (But Important) Points
Index
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Societal Stress: Theory, Meaning, and Measurement
1.1 Concepts and Knowledge
1.1.1 The Concept of Societal Stress
1.1.2 The Nature of Societal Stress
1.1.3 An Illustration of Societal Stress: Political Support for Donald J. Trump
1.2 Structural-Functionalism Theory
1.3 The Expression in Law of the Concept of Societal Stress
1.4 Empirical Indicators of Societal Stress
1.4.1 Rate of Incarceration for Crime
1.4.2 Suicide Rate
1.4.3 Total Fertility Rate
1.5 Drivers and Consequences of Societal Stress
1.6 Law Content as a Source of Societal Stress
1.7 The Plan of the Book
1.8 Logistic Regression and Its Role in the Book
Appendix 1. Research on the Impact of Law
Appendix 2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Chapter 2: The Constitution and State Law on Interracial Marriage
2.1 The Federal Constitution and Personal Rights
2.2 The Fourteenth Amendment and Race Distinctions
2.2.1 Brown v. Board of Education
2.2.2 Loving v. Virginia
2.3 A Study of State Bans on Interracial Marriage
2.3.1 Variables and Their Measurement
2.3.1.1 Dependent Variable
2.3.1.2 Independent Variables
2.3.2 Data Analysis
2.3.2.1 Regression Models
2.3.2.2 Model 2A and Model 2C
2.4 Conclusion
Appendix: State Law That as of December 12, 1966
Prohibited Interracial Marriage
Chapter 3: Sex and the Equal Rights Amendment
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 The Likely Social Effect of the ERA
3.1.2 A Macrosociological Account of the ERA
3.1.3 Change in the Social Status of American Women After 1950
3.2 Macrosociological Agents Driving State Opposition to the ERA
3.2.1 Dependent Variable
3.2.2 Independent Variables
3.2.3 Data Analysis
3.2.3.1 nonrat
3.2.3.2 nonratres
3.2.4 Summary
3.3 American Society and the ERA
Chapter 4: Same-Sex Marriage
4.1 Same-Sex Marriage in the United States
4.1.1 Law on Same-Sex Marriage
4.1.2 Attitudes in the United States Toward Same-Sex Marriage
4.2 Macrosociological Causes of the Content of State Law on Same-Sex Marriage
4.2.1 Dependent Variable
4.2.2 Independent Variables
4.2.3 Data Analysis
4.3 Conclusion
Appendix. State Law on the Sex Composition of Couples Allowed to Marry: June 26, 2015
Chapter 5: Wrapping Up
5.1 The Rationale for the Concept of Societal Stress in Scholarship on Law
5.2 The Studies of Societal Stress and Law: A Synthesis of Findings
5.3 Societal Stress and Law: Topics for Future Inquiry
5.4 China and the ``One-Birth ́́Policy
5.5 Some Final (But Important) Points
Index