His two books on the legal process, The Jurocracy: Government Lawyers, Agency Programs, and Judicial Decisions (D.C. Heath, 1977) and The Courts and Social Policy (Brookings, 1977), reflect his interest in legal decision making and in bringing social science to bear in studying it.
His two books on judicial administration, The Jurocracy: Government Lawyers, Agency Programs, and Judicial Decisions (D.C. Heath, 1977) and The Courts and Social Policy (Brookings, 1977), illustrate his focus on the interplay between law and society in shaping legal decisions.