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Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 2, Number 1 (SPRING, 1977): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) Wert, NancyPublication A DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF LAW(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) Johnson, Alan V.A definition of the concept of law is developed by drawing on the works of jurists and anthropologists as well as sociologists. Law is conceptualized in terms of Sumner's definition of an institution, the "concept" being the normative law and the "apparatus" being the group engaging in legal action. The rudimentary forms oflegal norms and of legal actions which exist in all legal institutions are identified and described. The process by which these rudimentary forms oflegalnorms and oflegal actions develop so as to constitute the wide variety of legal institutions which exist or have existed is also examined.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 2, Number 1 (SPRING, 1977): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) Gibbs, Jeanne M.Publication SOME PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) Scott, W. RichardPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 2, Number 1 (SPRING, 1977): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01)Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 2, Number 1 (SPRING, 1977): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) Hingers, Robert H.Publication Mead and the Ineffable(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) McAulay, Robert E.Recent phenomenologically influenced sociology addresses, in part, the role of language in human activity and calls into question the capacity of language to fully objectify social processes. In this retrospective light the relation of language and experience presented in George Herbert Mead's Mind, Self and Society becomes increasingly problematic. In addition Mead's reference to meaning as an objective phenomenon and his conception of the "generalized other" bear re-examination.Publication AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPT "SOCIAL SOLIDARITY"(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1977-04-01) Evans, ArtAlthough Durkheim's original definition of social solidarity included both beliefs and practices, modem sociologists have empirically operationalized the concept in terms of only beliefs or only practices. It is suggested that the modern conceptualization of social solidarity is invalid because it does not allow the researcher to get close to empirical reality.