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Human population growth is a serious biospheric problem, yet is largely overlooked. This book fills this gap with a concise review of world population growth, including the impact of over-population on the biosphere and government interventions addressing the frequency of childbearing and immigration.

Environmentalists devote little attention at the moment to the size and growth of the human population. To counter this neglect, the monograph (i) includes original graphs showing population size and growth since 1920 in the world as a whole and the United States; (ii) assembles evidence tying the increasing number of people to ecosystem deterioration and its societal consequences; and (iii) analyzes sample-survey data to ascertain whether the current disregard of population pressures by U.S. environmentalists reflects the thinking of Americans generally. However, even if a nation took steps primarily intended to lower childbearing and immigration, the findings of social science research indicate that the steps would not have a substantial, lasting impact. The discussion, which suggests an indirect way by which government may reduce fertility, underlines for environmental scholars the importance of studying their subject in a multidisciplinary, collaborative setting

Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Statistical Aspects of Macrosociological Research on Law -- 1.1 Probability, Odds, and the Odds Ratio -- 1.2 Intercept -- 1.3 Statistical Significance -- 1.4 Number of Cases -- 1.5 Excessive Collinearity, Influential Outliers, and Interaction -- 1.6 Model Fit and Parsimony -- 1.7 Macrosociological Theory and Research on Law -- Appendix: Event History Analysis -- Chapter 2: Jurymen, Jurywomen, and Law -- 2.1 Law in the United States and the Sex Attribute -- 2.1.1 Women, State Law, and Eligibility for Jury Service -- 2.1.2 From Hoyt to Taylor -- 2.2 Societal Agents in State Law on Women's Eligibility for Jury Service -- 2.2.1 Dependent Variable -- 2.2.2 Independent Variables and Their Empirical Indicators -- 2.2.2.1 Independent Variables from the Abortion Study -- 2.2.2.2 Sex Ratio -- 2.2.2.3 Interaction -- 2.2.3 Data Analysis -- 2.2.4 Summary of Findings -- 2.3 Points to Ponder -- Appendix: State Law on Juror Qualifications, Exemptions, and Excusals When the U.S. Supreme Court Decided Hoyt V. Florida (November 20, 1961) -- Chapter 3: "Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery": The Decriminalization of a Marriage-Endorsing Directive -- 3.1 The Macrosociology of Adultery -- 3.1.1 Adultery, Divorce, and Their Toll on Society -- 3.1.2 Prevalence of Adultery in the United States -- 3.2 A Study of Societal Determinants of the Decriminalization of Adultery -- 3.2.1 Design of the Study -- 3.2.1.1 Dependent Variable -- 3.2.1.2 Independent Variables -- 3.2.2 Data Analysis -- 3.2.3 Model III -- 3.3 Discussion -- Appendix139: Statutes and Legislation Criminalizing Adultery: State Law in 1955 and in 2015 -- Chapter 4: Penal Sanctions and Their Societal Setting: When Law Embraces Death -- 4.1 The Eighth Amendment and the Death Penalty.

""In the finest sociological tradition, The Place of Law deftly challenges the popular assumption that the concepts and doctrines of law in regulating certain human activities are determined by atomistic individuals. Marshalling a wide array of empirical evidence, Larry D. Barnett brilliantly makes the case for context preceding content. Barnett, who is a lawyer and a sociologist, offers a framework for the study of law that convincingly demonstrates that only when we consider law's social context can we then explain and predict its content. The Place of Law should be required reading in all l

SummaryThis paper reports the results of a sample survey of ZPG members undertaken in April 1971 to ascertain if any changes had occurred in membership attributes since the first survey in September 1970 and to investigate additional characteristics. Age, education, religion and student/ non-student status are considered in relation to length of membership of ZPG. Income, political activities, intended family size and opinions about ideal population size and population control are also examined, including attitudes towards vasectomy and abortion.It is concluded that, among members of voluntary organizations, demographic factors such as age, education, religion and sex do not possess a causal relationship with social behaviour.