James L. Nolan, JrJames L. Nolan, Jr is a Professor of Sociology at Williams College, Massachusetts. His teaching and research interests fall in the general areas of law and society, culture, technology and social change, and historical comparative sociology. His prevous books include Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing: The International Problem-Solving Court Movement (2009), Reinventing Justice: The American Drug Court Movement (2001), and The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century's End (1998). He is the recipient of several grants and awards including National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships and a Fulbright scholarship. He has held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford, Loughborough University, and the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Read More Read Less